This claim suffers from the same limitations that haunt laser fusion
and magnetic bubble fusion (ITER). Insufficient tritium can made by
the fusion reactor so that tritium must come from another source,
which adds greatly to the cost. In addition, the process generates
significant radiation and radioactive products that must be shielded,
thereby limiting its use to large installations. Also, the device
would be more difficult to service than is a nuclear reactor, as ITER
has discovered. This method to cause fusion has so many limitations, a
rational person asks why is money still being wasted? This question is
even more important now that cold fusion has demonstrated a commercial
generator having more plausibility than what is being shown to be the
case using hot fusion. At what point does rational thinking take over
from the bad habits of the past?
Ed Storms
On Jan 31, 2014, at 1:07 PM, Mark Gibbs wrote:
January 31, 2014
General Fusion Founder to Speak at TED Conference
Chief Scientist to highlight progress on much-anticipated fusion
energy
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Jan. 31, 2014) - When
TED, the world's primary idea exchange, moves to its new home in
Vancouver this year, the city and indeed Canada will be well
represented when General Fusion founder and Chief Scientist Dr.
Michel Laberge takes the stage.
A plasma physicist with an entrepreneurial streak, Dr. Laberge
started General Fusion in 2002 in an abandoned gas station outside
Vancouver and has helped it grow into a pioneering force in the
development of fusion technology.
Dr. Laberge takes the TED stage on March 18, 2014 to talk about the
exciting progress in the development of fusion energy - the process
that emulates the power of the sun and creates a clean, safe,
sustainable energy source for the world.
He will discuss fusion technologies around the world and focus on
the breakthrough vision that drives General Fusion. The technology,
called Magnetized Target Fusion (MTF), could lead to the fastest and
most economical route to a commercial application for fusion energy.
General Fusion has become a world leader on MTF and Dr. Laberge is
uniquely positioned to tell the story of its contribution to fusion
innovation, and how scientists around the world are closer than ever
to making fusion clean energy a reality.
TED takes place in Vancouver from March 17-21, 2014.
About General Fusion Inc.: General Fusion is developing the fastest,
most practical, and lowest cost path to commercial fusion energy.
Established in 2002, the company and its 60 employees are supported
by a global syndicate of leading energy venture capital funds,
industry leaders, and technology pioneers, including: Chrysalix
Energy Venture Capital, Bezos Expeditions, Cenovus Energy and
Sustainable Development Technology Canada.
About fusion energy: Fusion energy holds immense promise as a clean,
safe and abundant energy source. Fusion generates neither pollution
nor greenhouse gases that drive climate change. Fusion energy is
fueled by deuterium and tritium isotopes, which are easily extracted
from seawater and derived from lithium, in abundant supply. There is
enough fusion fuel to power the planet for hundreds of millions of
years. Unlike nuclear fission reactors, fusion energy does not
require uranium as fuel, cannot suffer from meltdowns and does not
produce long-lived radioactive wastes.
