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As the smoke cleared, Mike Carrell <mi...@medleas.com> mounted the barricade and roared out: >> Isn't there research on (tough!) materials which absorb hi-energy/ >> hi-intensity photons from across the relevant spektrum, directly into >> their electron structures..? > ------------------------------Mike Carrell: > Mills has explored many schemes for extracting energy from the plasma, > and has a patent for one which I consider unfeasible. In one > experiment, two probes are inserted into the plasma. If one proble is > suurouned by an axial magnetic field, a voltage drop between tbhe > probes develops and current can flow. If you consider only the energy > in the plasma surrounding the probe with the magnet, that energy is > extracted with good efficiency -- but energy in the plasma elsewhere is > not extracted. If one considers a forest of probes, the effect is not > simply multiplied. Surely there has to be a method to sweep the plasma around and drink all that energy up -- good, down to the last drop. Why not place rotating magnetic fields on top of these fixed ones, eh..? I doubt they'd have to be -- or should be -- as strong as the ones in the electrodes. But what do I know. ;P Besides -- this configuration sounds sub-optimal to me, really. Does this process actually require an unstructured plasma? > The reason the company is called BlackLight Power is that the energy > yield is primarily extreme UV light. At the emitted wavelengths, most > matrials are opaque and 'solar' cells don't operate. Indeed, there may > be a way to extract the energy yet to be invented, 'an exercise to be > left for the student'. Mills has enough problems getting enough energy > yield to incorprate a lossy thermal generating system in his plans. > > Mike Carrell First things first. But state funding support is what is supposed to get us beyond these phony hobson's choices eternally plaguing 'fringe' science researchers. - -- grok. - -- Build the North America-wide General Strike. TODO el poder a los consejos y las comunas. TOUT le pouvoir aux conseils et communes. ALL power to the councils and communes. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkn/hJgACgkQXo3EtEYbt3EPbwCdHi5hp430totJcLzhiiGnsFhD x3sAnjIEqBE8kt/zoJtJkstsIU6hei/R =0JPI -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
