Bussard,fusion,antimatter, saving humanity and planet earth

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I think it lies in the technological applications of physics, things like nuclear fusion and antimatter containment. We need new, practical technology to lift the burden on fossil feuls. If we can find a way to enable deep space propulsion/ exploration in the process, possibly discovering and colonizing earth-like planets (so as to perpetuate a mass migration of our species and ease the burden on fragile earth), then so much the better. Dr. Bussard and friends are working on it. Are you? What do you think?

video.google.com/videoplay?docid … 6673788606

A schematic look at electron & ion flow in Bussards IEC fusion reactor:

youtube.com/watch?v=jmp1cg3-WDY

emc2fusion.org

[thezeus18]

You know there’s going to be a tokamak in France, right? And a materials testing lab in Japan?

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You do know that “tokomaks” have been proven to be red herrings, right?

But you got me on the materials testing lab in Japan. Do you have a link?

This is not your father’s fusion reactor! Forget everything you know about conventional … all » thinking on nuclear fusion: high-temperature plasmas, steam turbines, neutron radiation and even nuclear waste are a thing of the past. Goodbye thermonuclear fusion; hello inertial electrostatic confinement fusion (IEC), an old idea that’s been made new. While the international community debates the fate of the politically-turmoiled $12 billion ITER (an experimental thermonuclear reactor), simple IEC reactors are being built as high-school science fair projects.

Dr. Robert Bussard, former Asst. Director of the Atomic Energy Commission and founder of Energy Matter Conversion Corporation (EMC2), has spent 17 years perfecting IEC, a fusion process that converts hydrogen and boron directly into electricity producing helium as the only waste product. Most of this work was funded by the Department of Defense, the details of which have been under seal… until now.

Dr. Bussard will discuss his recent results and details of this potentially world-altering technology, whose conception dates back as far as 1924, and even includes a reactor design by Philo T. Farnsworth (inventor of the scanning television).

Can a 100 MW fusion reactor be built for less than Google’s annual electricity bill? Come see what’s possible when you think outside the thermonuclear box and ignore the herd.

[thezeus18]

Well, it has a tokamak in it, anyway. And it’s in france.

iter.org/

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Compared to Dr. Bussard’s research, it’s a waste of money. I admit that I’m ignorant of much of the physics involved here- part of my reason for posting this thread was the hope that someone more versed in the physics literature than I would step up to the podium…

[thezeus18]

Compared to Dr. Bussard’s research, it’s a waste of money. I admit that I’m ignorant of much of the physics involved here- part of my reason for posting this thread was the hope that someone more versed in the physics literature than I would step up to the podium…

So let me get this straight. You have no idea how any of this will work, yet you are somehow certain that your “charity” that has only posted fancy looking pictures is definitely much more worth the money invested in it than an international coalition hiring the most skilled scientists of all the world?

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@thezeus18

Compared to Dr. Bussard’s research, it’s a waste of money. I admit that I’m ignorant of much of the physics involved here- part of my reason for posting this thread was the hope that someone more versed in the physics literature than I would step up to the podium…

So let me get this straight. You have no idea how any of this will work, yet you are somehow certain that your “charity” that has only posted fancy looking pictures is definitely much more worth the money invested in it than an international coalition hiring the most skilled scientists of all the world?

Yes…

any more questions?

[thezeus18]

Nope.

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All told, it doesn’t make my post less signicant than 99% of the other posts here. It wouldn’t kill you to look into the research a bit, buddy. They’re doing some truly amazing things, that anyone and everyone can understand,

[thezeus18]

How far did you get into my site?

[Dan1 (Dan~)]

Bussard,fusion,antimatter, saving humanity and planet earth

First I am posting in response to the OP tital:

It’s not as simple as “invent free-energy, save humanity and planet earth”

There have been many free-energy technologies already developed. Their developers were either bought out or shot. I’m serious. So when you go to REALLY save humanity, you’ll probably get shot, because to cure the sickness you must kill the disease… though the disease is rich, powerful and fast-moving.

[thezeus18]

@Dan~

Bussard,fusion,antimatter, saving humanity and planet earth

First I am posting in response to the OP tital:

It’s not as simple as “invent free-energy, save humanity and planet earth”

There have been many free-energy technologies already developed. Their developers were either bought out or shot. I’m serious. So when you go to REALLY save humanity, you’ll probably get shot, because to cure the sickness you must kill the disease… though the disease is rich, powerful and fast-moving.

Examples.