jowey

I too wonder whether it is obtainable, but if one is not engaged then a goal is not accomplished. "If" Dr. Bussard's concept had foundation, if we had focus, then our energy dependencies would be greatly reduced with clean, unlimited power.

This technology could go toe to toe with the oil and coal industries from the start and be "green". No investment in huge fields of wind turbines, geothermal, solar or hydro.

I am not in favor of the grid, I believe that each community / building should be self sufficient. We are dependent on the grid now, we need a technology that can support it - this is a technology that would be able to on the same or smaller footprint as the current power sources......

I cant help the folks that are trying, but I can kick a few places, such as these forums......

Get engaged ........

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GuitarWizard

Well any Idea worth investigating for further development I think especially one that is not well understood needs a basic outline for understanding which for someone that is not evolved in the research first hand can grasp onto an Idea this video provides allot of internal information with just touching on the basic references in which it is applied to the public.

But I think the public can have a big impact on research development if it has a clear understanding and application and a proven result and promise to pursue it .

As in the fact that you brought up one of the problems being as that of batteries and a stail mate when reaching the amount of energy produced vrs. what is put in to make that energy.

The problem I see is the amount of time put into batteries that have yielded slow progress in reducing the size of it vrs. energy stored as were other technological advancements such as the micro chip have progressed with much success over the amount of time in use.

Is this a funding issue are a issue between people not striving hard enough by backing programs to bring more people on board to solve and resolve those issues to improve performance by perfecting the technology ?

An any case I haven't studied this enough to make an informed decision either way but I am sure fascinated by new projects in the work's and becoming better informed abought new ways of getting of the grid so to speak and not seeing ideas pushed aside do to lack of intrist are lack of understanding.

jowey

I thought that Dr. Bussard's Google presentation very enlightening

I first knew of Dr. Bussard in SciFi with the "Ramjet" concept when I was a kid. I looked him up around the time of his Google presentation. I found his inability to "prove" or "disprove" his model "upsetting".....

Here is an introduction to some communities on the subject:
http://www.talk-polywell.org/bb/
http://www.brian-mcdermott.com/fusion.htm
http://www.fusor.net/
http://fusor.net/board/view.php?site...key=1181154399

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GuitarWizard

Well I'm sure you did but my point is to gain support many people must feal the same way who are not as passionate as some twords that particular research are have a full understanding of it's inner working's and to promote something to an audience that might not have studied physics would only apply are appeal to those that have.

So again what is you target of intrist like you so well pointed out in the intro of this thread the lack of response to the subject can only be by the lack of understanding of the material in question which can change by encouraging people to further their education on the subject by providing more links which you have.

And I also thought his presentation was great for a physics class but faild possibly to connect out side that audience for a reason I suppose because that video was geared twords that target audience to bring them to a higher level of understanding with terms that thay were familiar with.

But thank you for the extended links and it only peaks my intrist to go a step further to understanding his research a bit further.

jowey

I agree that to gain support many people must be similarly motivated.......

To motivate is not me.

The reality is that I have no children, I do not care, in fact the sooner this society collapses the greater the opportunity will be for me. Intellectually I would prefer that this species thrives, expands and evolves - a decision to support that I made a long time ago.

The coin is flipping, I am outta here in a few years <I croak> - but watching the dance amuses me.

This issue presents an opportunity for independence, it represents a challenge but like fuel cells and other technologies it has to evolve, it needs support, just what is the goal of this society ?

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jowey

Some more Polywell Nuclear Fusion links.....
Clean, Green, and Safe - p-B Polywell: A Different Kind of Nuclear Energy
IEC Fusion Tech
GE, Honeywell, Raytheon, etc?

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Heretic

From the image they're using the Boron-11 isotope. Have they determined where they'll get it in quantity.

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jowey

Figured that I would dredge up the issue, it has been a while. I thought that in a reading, speech they mentioned that Boron necessary for the reaction was relatively common. Of course this is all in the isotope, like Helium 3....

Since I am not in a position to "kick" anything I make the rounds occasionally to see if anything new has come up. A success or a failure, dismissal of a concept is not an option.

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