On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 5:03 PM, blaze spinnaker <[email protected]>wrote:
Unfettered access to unlimited fusion energy you can generate in your DIY > basement lab probably has a few downsides. For sure. Any of the following would cause some inconvenience: - The downsizing of energy companies, loss of jobs and shareholder value and increasing market uncertainty. - Mechanization of those parts of industrial production for which robots have not been economical up to now along with attendant layoffs of unskilled and semi-skilled labor and an increasing concentration of wealth. - Ready enrichment of 238U to 239Pu. - A new arms race, and drones that can hover over a location for months at a time. If it turns out that LENR is readily commercializable, I think it will be disruptive. It will not necessarily be to the benefit of the general public right away. It could be awhile before the dust settles. Eric
