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re: Lockheed Martin Reports Fusion Breakthrough...
Posted on 10/15/14 at 2:35 pm to genro
Posted on 10/15/14 at 2:35 pm to genro
A detailed article on this:
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The fuel itself is also plentiful. Deuterium is produced from sea water and is therefore considered unlimited, while tritium is “bred” from lithium. “We already mine enough lithium to supply a worldwide fleet of reactors, so with tritium you never have too much built up, and that’s what keeps it safe. Tritium would be a health risk if there were enough released, but it is safe enough in small quantities. You don’t need very much to run a reactor because it is a million times more powerful than a chemical reaction,” McGuire notes.
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Posted on 10/15/14 at 2:36 pm to HempHead
It was the other hippie, CherryGarciaMan. My bad. You all look alike to me. 
Posted on 10/15/14 at 2:40 pm to genro
Washington University ahead of Lockheed???
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Researchers at the University of Washington (Seattle) claim to have invented a simpler fusion reactor that is more economical than a coal-fired power plant, yet produces zero green house gases.
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it will cost about $2.7 billion to build a gigaWatt Dynomak power plant
Posted on 10/15/14 at 2:43 pm to ForeLSU
wait.
how do we (that is, LMT) create 'hundreds of millions of degrees' of heat to break the atoms and subsequently cause the fusion of ions??
hundreds of millions of degrees????????????
how do we (that is, LMT) create 'hundreds of millions of degrees' of heat to break the atoms and subsequently cause the fusion of ions??
hundreds of millions of degrees????????????
Posted on 10/15/14 at 2:45 pm to mostbesttigerfanever
My guess is that everyone getting grants from the US govt has to make "breakthrough" announcements every few years to justify additional research funding. If this stuff was even close to 5 years out, you'd see $100B in investment today.
Posted on 10/15/14 at 2:47 pm to C
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C
i tend to agree. I get that once this fusion process is complete, it provides great, clean energy.
WTF must it cost to generate hundreds of millions of degrees of heat to cause start the fusion process
Posted on 10/15/14 at 2:50 pm to mostbesttigerfanever
hmm, this thread gets more attention on the Poli board than it does on the Tech board.
Posted on 10/15/14 at 2:51 pm to colorchangintiger
quote:the "Tech" board is actually the "consumer electronics" board.
hmm, this thread gets more attention on the Poli board than it does on the Tech board.
Posted on 10/15/14 at 2:52 pm to colorchangintiger
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Tech board.
There's a tech board?????
Posted on 10/15/14 at 2:54 pm to darkhorse
What are the possible applications for this technology?
Could this fit on an airplane or replace a boiler in a small industrial power plant?
Did the same military industrial complex that pioneered the internet actually render the Middle East oil fields obsolete before we actually ran out of oil?
Could this fit on an airplane or replace a boiler in a small industrial power plant?
Did the same military industrial complex that pioneered the internet actually render the Middle East oil fields obsolete before we actually ran out of oil?
This post was edited on 10/15/14 at 2:57 pm
Posted on 10/15/14 at 2:55 pm to HempHead
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I did? I don't doubt you, I just don't remember saying as much.
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HempHead
Shocker
Posted on 10/15/14 at 3:00 pm to member12
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Could this fit on an airplane or replace a boiler in a small industrial power plant?
eventually, yes, but not at first. The key will be continually scaling up the size of the reactor while scaling down the temperature containment. Eventually, the power plants will be large enough to run huge industrial facilities and the temperature containment will be small enough to fit them on airplanes.
Posted on 10/15/14 at 3:00 pm to genro
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"consumer electronics" board
That's my observation. If it's any more in-depth than consumer electronics, it's better off discussed on the OT or even the money board.
Posted on 10/15/14 at 3:19 pm to ForeLSU
I've long said that advancements in nuclear technology will be the future of energy as we move away from coal.
Posted on 10/15/14 at 4:11 pm to Traffic Circle
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Posted by Traffic Circle
Maybe being a petroleum engineer is not such a good career choice?
We still want plastics and other by-products.
Posted on 10/15/14 at 4:14 pm to ForeLSU
The global warming 'debate' may be moot in 10 years.
Posted on 10/15/14 at 4:14 pm to Traffic Circle
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Maybe being a petroleum engineer is not such a good career choice?
You'll see no global decline in petroleum production during your career. Enjoy the money.
Posted on 10/15/14 at 4:16 pm to Asgard Device
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We still want plastics and other by-products.
Awesome. We can make them by taking CO2 out of the air.
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The world’s first successful large-scale production of a polypropylene carbonate (PPC) polymer using waste carbon dioxide (CO2) as a key raw material has resulted from a projected funded in part by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy.
Posted on 10/15/14 at 4:20 pm to ForeLSU
Posted on 10/15/14 at 4:27 pm to SpidermanTUba
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We can make them by taking CO2 out of the air.
not entirely. for just this application you still need +50% raw petroleum. It will take time. This isn't new. Just not economical yet...
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