The General fusion design is close to sonofusion. They setup a shock wave in liquid lead to compress some hydrogen (D and T) in the center of the liquid lead sphere.
They should use a heavy iconic liquid and cavatate it to produce the shock wave. We know that this works to produce fusion; but this type of fusion is not hot, it may be cold. On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 4:22 PM, Jed Rothwell <[email protected]> wrote: > Mark Gibbs <[email protected]> wrote: > > You could level the same charge of trying for years and spending billions >> of dollars against the search for a cure for cancer. Given that progress in >> this field could be described as moderate at best would you also say >> "enough"? >> > > Yes, I would reform and refocus cancer research. It has been largely > ineffective, according to many experts. See, for example: > > > http://www.slate.com/blogs/quora/2013/02/07/where_do_the_millions_of_cancer_research_dollars_go_every_year.html > > Quote from David Chan, MD, Oncologist : > > "I'll be the first to admit that despite all the billions put into cancer > research, the end results of preventing cancer and treating advanced cancer > have been disappointing. > > Unlike reducing deaths from heart attacks and stroke, progress in reducing > deaths from cancer has been disappointingly slow . . ." > > Chan quotes a researcher: > > "Simply put, we have not adequately channeled our scientific know-how, > funding, and energy into a full exploration of the one path certain to save > lives: prevention. That it should become the ultimate goal of cancer > research has been recognized since the war on cancer began. When I look at > NCI's budget request for fiscal year 2012, I'm deeply disappointed, though > past experience tells me I shouldn't be surprised. > > > > From other sources: > > "Overall, cancer mortality in the United States is unchanged in the last > 25 years and higher now than it was in 1950 (even after taking into account > the aging population) because a rise in the number of people developing > cancer has swamped any improvements in treatment. As recently as the mid > 1990s, an expert trying to measure the benefits of medical care ignored > cancer because he considered the effects of treatment negligible. ..." > > NCHS, Health, United States, 2003, p. 136 > > . . . [A] task force assembled by the public health service . . . refused > to recommend screening for lung cancer or diabetes. Even if people with > these chronic conditions go to doctors for their problems early, most will > continue to deteriorate." > > J. P. Bunker et al., "Improving Health: Measuring Effects of Medical > Care," Milbank Quarterly 77 (1994), p. 225 > > > - Jed > >
