What's even more disgraceful is that a founder of the Tokamak program came out in support of prize awards for achievement of objective criteria:
http://www.oocities.org/jim_bowery/BussardsLetter.html That legislation called only for $100M per milestone. Imagine if the $70B that has been sunk into fusion had been placed in those prizes. Its not like prize awards are a radical idea: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longitude_prize Indeed, it is arguably the case that the British Empire would never have arisen without them. On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 2:48 PM, Blaze Spinnaker <[email protected]>wrote: > Yes, it's a disgrace to see the lack of investment in LENR. > > > On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 12:46 PM, Edmund Storms <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Blaze, they tried for 70 years and have spent tens of billion of dollars. >> We are not even close to a working generator. At what point do we say >> enough - please try something else. Why not take a look at cold fusion for >> a change? Instead, they keep exploring different variations of hot fusion, >> all of which have the same basic problems. Remember what Einstein said >> about insanity. >> >> Ed Storms >> >> On Jan 31, 2014, at 1:39 PM, Blaze Spinnaker wrote: >> >> I don't get it. Why whinge like that? I think it's great they are >> trying. Let them take their best shot. Better than investing billions of >> dollars in SnapChat. >> >> >> On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 12:27 PM, Edmund Storms <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> 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. >>>> >>>> >>> >> >> >
