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"?
[m] On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 12:46 PM, Edmund Storms <stor...@ix.netcom.com>wrote: > Blaze, they tried for 70 years and have spent tens of billion of dollars. > We are not even close to a working generator. At what point do we say > enough - please try something else. Why not take a look at cold fusion for > a change? Instead, they keep exploring different variations of hot fusion, > all of which have the same basic problems. Remember what Einstein said > about insanity. > > Ed Storms > > On Jan 31, 2014, at 1:39 PM, Blaze Spinnaker wrote: > > I don't get it. Why whinge like that? I think it's great they are > trying. Let them take their best shot. Better than investing billions of > dollars in SnapChat. > > > On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 12:27 PM, Edmund Storms <stor...@ix.netcom.com>wrote: > >> This claim suffers from the same limitations that haunt laser fusion and >> magnetic bubble fusion (ITER). Insufficient tritium can made by the fusion >> reactor so that tritium must come from another source, which adds greatly >> to the cost. In addition, the process generates significant radiation and >> radioactive products that must be shielded, thereby limiting its use to >> large installations. Also, the device would be more difficult to service >> than is a nuclear reactor, as ITER has discovered. This method to cause >> fusion has so many limitations, a rational person asks why is money still >> being wasted? This question is even more important now that cold fusion has >> demonstrated a commercial generator having more plausibility than what is >> being shown to be the case using hot fusion. At what point does rational >> thinking take over from the bad habits of the past? >> >> Ed Storms >> >> On Jan 31, 2014, at 1:07 PM, Mark Gibbs wrote: >> >> January 31, 2014 >>> >>> General Fusion Founder to Speak at TED Conference >>> >>> Chief Scientist to highlight progress on much-anticipated fusion energy >>> >>> VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Jan. 31, 2014) - When TED, >>> the world's primary idea exchange, moves to its new home in Vancouver this >>> year, the city and indeed Canada will be well represented when General >>> Fusion founder and Chief Scientist Dr. Michel Laberge takes the stage. >>> >>> A plasma physicist with an entrepreneurial streak, Dr. Laberge started >>> General Fusion in 2002 in an abandoned gas station outside Vancouver and >>> has helped it grow into a pioneering force in the development of fusion >>> technology. >>> >>> Dr. Laberge takes the TED stage on March 18, 2014 to talk about the >>> exciting progress in the development of fusion energy - the process that >>> emulates the power of the sun and creates a clean, safe, sustainable energy >>> source for the world. >>> >>> He will discuss fusion technologies around the world and focus on the >>> breakthrough vision that drives General Fusion. The technology, called >>> Magnetized Target Fusion (MTF), could lead to the fastest and most >>> economical route to a commercial application for fusion energy. >>> >>> General Fusion has become a world leader on MTF and Dr. Laberge is >>> uniquely positioned to tell the story of its contribution to fusion >>> innovation, and how scientists around the world are closer than ever to >>> making fusion clean energy a reality. >>> >>> TED takes place in Vancouver from March 17-21, 2014. >>> >>> About General Fusion Inc.: General Fusion is developing the fastest, >>> most practical, and lowest cost path to commercial fusion energy. >>> Established in 2002, the company and its 60 employees are supported by a >>> global syndicate of leading energy venture capital funds, industry leaders, >>> and technology pioneers, including: Chrysalix Energy Venture Capital, Bezos >>> Expeditions, Cenovus Energy and Sustainable Development Technology Canada. >>> >>> About fusion energy: Fusion energy holds immense promise as a clean, >>> safe and abundant energy source. Fusion generates neither pollution nor >>> greenhouse gases that drive climate change. Fusion energy is fueled by >>> deuterium and tritium isotopes, which are easily extracted from seawater >>> and derived from lithium, in abundant supply. There is enough fusion fuel >>> to power the planet for hundreds of millions of years. Unlike nuclear >>> fission reactors, fusion energy does not require uranium as fuel, cannot >>> suffer from meltdowns and does not produce long-lived radioactive wastes. >>> >>> >> > >
