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2018-03-30 Science & Technology

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Posted by 3dc 2018-03-30 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Fusion? With the coming of electric cars, we can basically gut the petroleum market for anything other than lubricants and plastics, and perhaps aviation/military use.

Knocks the socks right off Russian and OPEC

Posted by Injun Bucket8891 2018-03-30 00:40|| 2018-03-30 00:40|| Front Page Top

#2 The Patent
US20180047462A1

Filed 2014 so not current prototype.

Posted by 3dc 2018-03-30 02:12|| 2018-03-30 02:12|| Front Page Top

#3 I'm so looking forward to reports of famine in KSA.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2018-03-30 04:11|| 2018-03-30 04:11|| Front Page Top

#4 Al Gore hardest hit.

Posted by Iblis 2018-03-30 10:45|| 2018-03-30 10:45|| Front Page Top

#5 Looks about the right size to operate for 1us at 5MTons.

Posted by Gleremble Big Foot8836 2018-03-30 13:40|| 2018-03-30 13:40|| Front Page Top

#6 Considering the five year timeline

At least the fusion community has gone from a 40 year moving window to a 5 year moving window. That's progress.

Posted by Gleremble Big Foot8836 2018-03-30 13:42|| 2018-03-30 13:42|| Front Page Top

#7 Environuts will hate it. Cheap clean energy allows people to thrive, dammit

Posted by Frank G 2018-03-30 14:06|| 2018-03-30 14:06|| Front Page Top

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