Well Thomas, I give "hot fusion" a 0 chance for success for the
following reasons:
1. 40 years and about 30 billion dollars have been required to get to
about 0.85 energy amplification for a few seconds. To be practical, an
energy amplification of at least 1000 for years will be needed. Better
methods will be found before this problem can be solved.
2. The process produces products that degrade the container. This
container must separate an active plasma that emits intense neutrons and
other kinds of radiation from liquid lithium where heat and neutrons are
absorbed. So far no material has been found to have the ability to
survive this environment for sufficient time.
3. To be practical, the generating plant will have to be huge. Because
the process is inefficient, large amounts of energy will have to be
dissipated at the site. This will produce serious environmental
problems. Increasing the efficiency of such a complex operation will
create serious engineering problems that have not been addressed.
4. No power company wants to invest in the method because of the large
liability and their bad experience with fission energy. The plants will
have to be so big that even a short interruption would be very expensive.
As for your cheap shot about liberals, the word no longer has a useful
meaning other than to provide a way to insult people who still have an
ideal view of government and human interaction. The word "conservative"
used to describe such people. Now the conservative is someone who
believes in self interest and insists that everyone else share their
self interest, whether it be religious belief or economic approach.
This attitude is gradually eliminating conventional freedoms and
producing an economic system that favors the truly rich, while fooling
other people into thinking that they are actually rich or will become rich.
Regards,
Ed
thomas malloy wrote:
thomas malloy wrote:
And Jed Rothwell replied'
Good at what? attracting funding? The last I heard, the last
generation of Takamak's were producing .85 units of usable energy for
each one input. This is a deal that only a bureaucrat, or an idiot
liberal could love.
Why do you ascribe this trait to liberals? Both parties have supported
Tokamak development and ethanol, but there is no evidence that
liberals are more inclined to
OK, it was a cheap shot.
Let me restate the question. Do you of you people think that this thing
will work? IMHO, on a scale of 1 - 100, I give it a 5.
