At 05:56 PM 11/16/2009, Jed Rothwell wrote:
This refers to:
http://newenergytimes.com/v2/news/2009/2009DIA-08-0911-003.pdf
That is an astounding document. Even I think it is a little over-the-top.
I actually don't think so. It seems to me to be a sober assessment.
They don't assign a probability to the possibility of commercial or
other applications. I do think the probability of useful explosive
devices is a bit low, but you never can tell.
So what should come out of this report? Funding for basic research,
pretty much the same as the two DoE reports actually recommended.
Maybe more than that, perhaps. A crash program with hundreds of
millions of dollars or billions? Probably not yet. Rather,
exploration to see if something worth spending that kind of money on
might be feasible.
On the other hand, look at how much money was dumped into hot fusion
research, without any proof of practicality!
