Has anyone even _tried_ to come up with objective criteria milestones for cancer research?
Its not like you can just sit back and think these things up off the top of your head. I came up with the criteria for the fusion prizes by going around to all of the proponents of alternative fusion technologies and asking them what they considered fair. It was surprisingly easy to get a consensus but the problem is you have to do the leg work. Something similar should have been done with cancer research decades ago. On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 3:03 PM, Mark Gibbs <mgi...@gibbs.com> wrote: > 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. >>>> >>>> >>> >> >> >
