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Lockheed says makes breakthrough on fusion energy project
On Friday, October 24, 2014 5:14:07 AM UTC-4, snidely wrote:
David Spain is guilty of Guilt by association? ;-) as of 10/16/2014 9:48:36 AM On Thursday, October 16, 2014 12:27:32 PM UTC-4, Rick Jones wrote: Jeff Findley wrote: http://tinyurl.com/n9dbofr As usual, Aviation Week includes more technical details than the "mainstream media". And it seems they give rather different dimensions than the Reuters article. Almost looksl ike a meters versus feet thing The picture of a test chamber with people around suggests that they are currently at about 6 *foot* by 4 *foot*, a cylinder with conical caps. I believe however that is a test article called the T4, not a chamber of an actual reactor itself. It is being used to test ion and plasma confinement techniques not actually performing any fusion per say, at least as I read the article. This group (once funding has been established, natch) wants to proceed in a "generation" per year step, with a working fusion prototype to be available in 5 years from start. However, even then it would not be a practical power generator. That was projected to occur 5 years *after* the working prototype was built or 10 years from today if started today. Actual power generation capacity is not clearly stated however the 100MW figure was mentioned. (I'm assuming that tinyurl URL is to the article I think it is, I have a slightly irrational unwillingness to follow tinyurl-esque links). Me too. If it doesn't come with preview in the URL, you can go to tinyurl.com and turn on preview mode. Or edit the URL as in http://preview.tinyurl.com/n9dbofr Paranoia can be a tool, not just a handicap. And if I don't trust my tools? I'm convinced my circular saw wants to send me to the ER... ;-) David |
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Lockheed says makes breakthrough on fusion energy project
On Tuesday, October 21, 2014 5:00:34 AM UTC+13, Fred J. McCall wrote:
Jeff Findley wrote: In article , says... WIth self-replicating machine systems, and robot swarms, we don't need to wait 50 years, and we're not limited to 28x today's industrial level. We can have anything we like TODAY! No, we can't have "anything we like TODAY!" because you're a nutter who doesn't understand that your imagination is running away with you. That is, unless someone, somewhere, has actually figured out how to make a completely self replicating machine. But I'm guessing you don't have a cite for that, do you? Of course he does, Jeff. He probably has plans for just such a thing, but you have to send him $5 million before he'll talk to you about it. snicker -- "Ordinarily he is insane. But he has lucid moments when he is only stupid." -- Heinrich Heine Jeff clearly isn't aware of my current financial situation. http://www.naturalgasasia.com/exxon-...s-in-indonesia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KP6pBS6uptE |
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Lockheed says makes breakthrough on fusion energy project
Opinion: Many Reasons To Be Skeptical Of Skunk Works' Fusion Project:
"There has been a lot of excitement recently about the prospect of producing power from a cotrolled thermonuclear fusion reaction, including in this magazine (AW&ST Oct. 20). The online version was headlined "Skunk Works Reveals Compact Fusion Reactor Details." Unfortunately, fusion as an energy source in the next 50 years is about as likely as Star Trek transporters in the same time frame." See: http://aviationweek.com/technology/o...fusion-project |
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