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2005-04-28 Home Front: Tech

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Posted by Anonymoose 2005-04-28 5:09:24 PM|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Hmm... perhaps this could be used for my science fair H-Bomb project, which requires a neutron generator.

Posted by Huparong Jaise2111 2005-04-28 6:05:31 PM|| 2005-04-28 6:05:31 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 tres cool - methinks these boys will have "special" passports in the future

Posted by Frank G 2005-04-28 6:11:14 PM|| 2005-04-28 6:11:14 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 but will not be useful as an energy source because it consumes more energy than it produces. If fusion is occuring then it certainly has the potential to be a net energy producer.

Posted by phil_b 2005-04-28 6:14:36 PM|| 2005-04-28 6:14:36 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Can't wait till they start selling them at Sharper Image.

Posted by DMFD 2005-04-28 7:05:26 PM|| 2005-04-28 7:05:26 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 "If fusion is occuring then it certainly has the potential to be a net energy producer."
How do you figure that? How does the word "fusion" justify "net energy producer"? "Hot" fusion hasn't become a "net energy producer" in the U.S. in 54 years and $14 billion of research.

This is also a bit like ethanol. The "net energy" has to take into account the full cost of producing the materials required. I'll bet that when they say it "will not be useful as an energy source because it consumes more energy than it produces" they are not even considering the energy used to produce the required crystal of lithium tantalate, deuterium, tritium, etc.

Posted by Tom 2005-04-28 9:09:58 PM|| 2005-04-28 9:09:58 PM|| Front Page Top

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