Posted on 12/14/2022 3:24:49 PM PST by algore
California scientists announced a breakthrough that could commercialize nuclear fusion in a few decades, but a Vancouver-based company has a method that claims to power homes with the technology by the early 2030s.
Unlike at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, which used lasers to achieve net gain energy, General Fusion compresses hydrogen plasma inside a large cylinder to increase density and temperature.
General Fusion's method uses high-powered pistons to squeeze liquid metal around the plasma to build pressure until the mixture hits 180 million degrees Fahrenheit - and fusion occurs.
The firm says it plans to have its first commercial power plant online by the early 2030s, but is targeting 2027 to demonstrate fusion on a power plant level.
MTF uses magnetic fields to slow down plasma losses and inertial compression to heat the plasma.
The unique process starts with injecting hydrogen plasma into a vessel lined with liquid metal.
Then, pistons are activated to compress the liquid metal around the plasma, squeezing and building pressure until the plasma reaches the optimal temperature for creating fusion.
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The biden propaganda machine has put out the word to show the country there’s a light at the end of the tunnel.
That’s my sense too. Something we just don’t understand yet.
Many (most) of the purported demonstrations of cold fusion had pedestrian explanations, like conventional energy introduced somewhere in the system. But, sort of like UFO sightings, some didn’t.
Now compare this to the pictures of the idle oil wells in Kalifornias. Similar? Easy conversion?
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