Posted on 10/10/2014 12:23:24 PM PDT by Red Badger
Just replace 'beer' with 'energy'!...............
Probably the same way neon lights work....................only huge anodes and cathodes made of unobtainium................
When P(out) > P(in)
These promises aren’t called a “bow wave” for nothing.
And if something goes wrong, the results will be the demand for energy drops to zero. :^)
Some countries are seeing results with Cold Fusion.
Got links?...................
If something goes wrong, they’ll never know...............
Scientists with the National Ignition Facility (NIF) at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory announced today that they have achieved a critical step in fusion research: For the first time, their hydrogen fuel has given off more energy than it took in.
http://www.wired.com/2014/02/fusion-power-not-yet/
02.12.14
It will never be built in the USA because it might just work.............
pheromak technology:
Laboratory spheromaks involve very large currents, typically 100’s of kiloamperes and high voltages, typically kilovolts. These currents and voltages are obtained using high energy capacitor banks which are switched in microseconds. The formation geometry is arranged such that magnetic flux cuts across the electrodes connected to the capacitor bank. This configurations generates helicity (twistedness) in the flux tube going from one electrode to the other. With enough helicity a spheromak is formed.
Click below to see the six steps involved in making a spheromak
http://ve4xm.caltech.edu/Bellan_plasma_page/How1.htm
They seem to be going from an idea to an actual working plant, without a pilot plant in the middle.
Nuts.
Who has 2.7 billion of beer money to throw at this -— Uncle Sugar, or if you like, Uncle Solyndra.
“The day that could be practicable may soon be drawing near.”
The day it is presented to the public will be after they
have total control over society. Do you really think they
are going to allow that kind of technology out? People
will either build their own generators or bombs in their
garage. The only reason they can keep a lid on nukes now
is because of the unavailability of fissionable material.
No way they are going to allow any Mr. Fusion home fusion
generators.
Probably inductive coupling, or maybe even microvave rf coupling. Inductively coupled, long life electrodeless fluorescent lamps have been on the market for a while, and work on the same principle.
Fusion power has been about 30 years away for my entire adult life, which is longer than 30 years.
Right now, the UW’s concept is about one-tenth the size and power output of a final product, which is still years away. The researchers have successfully tested the prototype’s ability to sustain a plasma efficiently, and as they further develop and expand the size of the device they can ramp up to higher-temperature plasma and get significant fusion power output.
The team has filed patents on the reactor concept with the UW’s Center for Commercialization and plans to continue developing and scaling up its prototypes.
Nobody has reached break even yet, a little soon to be building power plants.
Well, somebody’s gotta be first!....................
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