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I kind of wish that ITER and NIF would go away. In my opinion they are money pits with little clear path to practical energy generation. There are many credibl
by Nihilartikel 12y ago
I kind of wish that ITER and NIF would go away. In my opinion they are money pits with little clear path to practical energy generation.
There are many credible, practical, small fusion research projects poised to leapfrog the international megaprojects that are being grievously starved of funding and mind-share by those big lumps.
http://www.industrytap.com/us-fusion-funding-call-change/26786 http://www.industrytap.com/us-fusion-funding-call-change/267...
- fluidcruft 12y agoWhatever happened to that shipping box thing the military was evaluating a few years ago that was going to revolutionize everything?
- Nihilartikel 12y agoHmm, not sure. EMC2's Polywell (my favorite underdog) project had Navy funding for quite some time, since it would fit handily onto a submarine. The only other boxy generator that I recall was the Bloom box fuel cell. http://lawrencevilleplasmaphysics.com/ http://lawrencevilleplasmaphysics.com/ will have a very reasonably sized final product too if their work pans out. Same goes for Lockheed's compact fusion - they're one to watch since they have big money ready and waiting if their experimentation yields progress.
- tsomctl 12y agoYou're probably referring to the Energy Catalyzer, by Andrea Rossi. He's a scam, I spent some time researching him several years ago.