Friday, March 15, 2019

Fusion energy is coming. Maybe.

A quick rundown on what's out there.  Didn't cover everything, like the Focus fusion device, nor the Bussard device.  ( polywell )

The failure to cover these indicate to me a weakness.  Yet, the video gets all the views.  Why is that?

To answer that question, those processes are harder to understand.  It was for me, anyway, and so I think the case could extrapolate to the general public.

The polywell doesn't heat up a plasma.  The others require heating up a plasma to millions of degrees, and then controlling the plasma, which is a difficult feat to accomplish.  The polywell is underfunded, as well.  Isn't it a shame that people may ignore a promising area of research because the concept is hard to understand?



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