Posted on 05/29/2009 9:28:32 AM PDT by ak267
Dignitaries and top scientists were expected to gather near San Francisco Friday morning for the formal opening of a massive new facility that they hope will accomplish what was once thought inpossible: nuclear fusion, the Holy Grail of energy sources.
The National Ignition Facility at Lawrence Livermore Lab will focus 192 laser beams on a hydrogen pellet the size of a bead, heating it to incredible temperatures in an attempt to recreate the power of the sun.
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They’ve been wroking on this thing friggin’ forever.
Fusion is like the flying car, always 20 years away.
I really hope the word “oops” isn’t heard. Or “Mi Hao” by someone in China looking up at a bunch of scientists through a recently burned tunnel through the planet.
"...in essence, a sophisticated heat beam which we called a "laser"..."
Throw me a bone, people!
This here is my laser:
This this here is Anabelle, my laser reactor:
For real, she goes nuts for it. Then my wife reprimands me for taunting the cat, so technically she is also a laser reactor.
I hope nothing goes wrong!
Yes, agreed. I’d been hearing the promises of this tech for a long, long, long, time. C’mon Darth, lite this candle or get off the Death Star!!!!!!
IMO, the ultimate joke would be if “cold fusion” is rolled out, works, and provides a low-cost, simpler, alternative to “hot” fusion.
Bah. I wish these people would check their facts. They already said it was done with the weapons testing. The Farnsworth–Hirsch Fusor can be done in high school science labs. GE had a pavilion at the 1964-65 NY World's Fair that I remember to this day seeing the fusion reaction demonstrated in a public setting:
If that actually happened, to prevent widespread undermining of the oil and gas consortiums they'd just have claim... oh, I don't know... that it didn't work, or something... (oops...)
pew pew! pew pew!
Oh yes, I know several people who work at NIF.
Hopefully near enough......
This approach to fusion is a piece of dog poo. And yes, I’m putting my money where my mouth is.
Speaking of predictions about Fusion...
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Wroke on.
Wroking havoc on Frisco.
Wroke-a-bye your baby.
Cool, I grok wrok.
The purpose of the NIF is to test the condition of nuclear weapons, not energy research.
Mean while, in Europe, the Tokamak is being built and will be the actually useful fusion reactor.
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