by BurnTheShips 3 Replies latest social current
Cheap energy on the verge. I've been following this one for a while:
http://powerandcontrol.blogspot.com/2007/03/mr-fusion.html
Bussard Polywell reactor:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polywell
The fuel is Boron 11 which is very abundant. We have 200,000+ years of reserves on the planet if it is used exclusively for power.
BTS
Excerpt from Dr. Bussard's lecture. (He died last year)
http://powerandcontrol.blogspot.com/2006/11/easy-low-cost-no-radiation-fusion.html
Stop Greenhouse Effect (BTS: if you believe that sort of thing)
Eliminate Acid Rain Sources (BTS: from coal fired plants)
Decrease Thermal Pollution Sources
Stop Nuclear Waste Production
Destroy Nuclear Waste Inventory
End Water Shortages Forever (BTS: Super cheap energy allows us to desalinate seawater cheaply)
Cheap Fuel Free Electric Power
Clean Low Cost System
Fresh Water From The Sea
Practical Space Flight
Global Economic Stability (BTS: I hope)
Cheap, Clean Thermal/Electric Power Readily Available
Fixed Energy Prices Stabilize Economy
Low Value Cane In Third World Countries Becomes High Value Export Product
Third World Nations Can Become Economically Viable
Profitable Industrialization Possible
Destroys World Market For Gasoline
Eliminates Effect Of Oil Cartels
Oil States Suffer Drastic Income Losses (audience: laughter - ed.)Desalinization Plants Allow Irrigation Of Arid Lands
Cheap Water Allows Effective Agriculture
Low Cost Power Stabilizes Industrial Nations
Oil Wars Vanish
Mid-East Stabilized by Economics
Third World Becomes Fiscially Responsible (comment: not likely, more energy does not fix bad government - ed.)
Hi Burn!
When you mentioned 'Mr. Fusion", I remembered the movie "Back to the Future":
The Mr. Fusion Home Energy Reactor is the name of a power source used by the De Loreantime machine in the Back to the Future trilogy. It can be seen towards the end of Back to the Future when "Doc" Emmett Brown pulls into the McFlys' driveway after a trip to the year 2015, and is an obvious parody of Mr. Coffee machines, which were very popular at the time of filming. Ironically, the coffee maker from which the prop was made was actually made by Krups.
The Mr. Fusion Home Energy Reactor converts household waste to power the time machine's flux capacitor and time circuits using nuclear fusion. (It is thought that this is cold fusion.) In the film, Mr. Fusion allows the De Lorean time machine to generate the required 1.21 gigawatts needed to travel to any point in time. The energy produced by Mr. Fusion replaces plutonium as the primary power source of the De Lorean's time travel and flight capabilities. However, as stated in Back to the Future III, the car is still driven by its original internal combustion engine. Just as with the flux capacitor itself, the Mr. Fusion may also be considered a deus ex machina, allowing the characters to sidestep the ardurous power-generation requirements that the plot of the first film hinged upon.
When the De Lorean is parked in a 2015 alleyway, a "Fusion Industries" machine is briefly seen.
"Mr. Fusion"
Yeah. LOL. Back to the Future immediately came to mind. It may not be too far-fetched!
BTS
