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RobertEarl

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4. Cheap energy for everyone?

Sun May 11, 2014, 12:55 PM

May 2014

Define what you mean by everyone, please.

Funny, lockhead and exxon hate the one free source of cheap energy for everyone, and i do mean everyone.... we call it the sun.

Fusion is a crack pipe dream, much as nukes were. Too cheap to meter, right? How about just a crazy scheme to make money and blow the place sky high?

Using nukes, like using crack, you feel good for a bit, but then reality returns and you find you've shit your sheets.

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Lockheed's Skunk Works promises working Fusion Reactor by 2017 [View all] edhopper May 2014 OP

Love to have one for my house too Sunlei May 2014 #1

I certainly wouldn't bet against Lockheed's Skunk Works Lurks Often May 2014 #2

That's quite a bit of public info on the high beta TroglodyteScholar May 2014 #5

The secrecy at Skunk Works wonderfully shrouds their blunders, too Brother Buzz May 2014 #14

It's the same with any program that exists on the black budget TroglodyteScholar May 2014 #25

I would use the word failures instead of blunders Lurks Often May 2014 #65

Agree Brother Buzz May 2014 #66

Thomas Edison once famously said Aerows May 2014 #67

R&D must always have some failures. Generally, the fewer the failures,... yawnmaster May 2014 #76

100 milliwatt fusion reactor? lumberjack_jeff May 2014 #3

Pretty sure that would be mega watt /nt think May 2014 #10

GMTA Fumesucker May 2014 #47

I was wondering about that.... jberryhill May 2014 #69

It's 100 Mega Watts. Here is a link to C.Chase giving a talk about it... yawnmaster May 2014 #78

I figured that. Using mW when one means MW (or vice versa) is a pet peeve. n/t lumberjack_jeff May 2014 #80

Cheap energy for everyone? RobertEarl May 2014 #4

There's a little problem with solar power called nighttime Trekologer May 2014 #7

Right RobertEarl May 2014 #8

You must be an absolute blast at parties. n/t A HERETIC I AM May 2014 #17

We are RobertEarl May 2014 #20

LOL, yes, that should be an easy sell! nt Logical May 2014 #19

Because our bodies aren't solar powered? NuclearDem May 2014 #23

or we can be Eskimos who have 24/7 night part of the year, low light other parts and.... Sunlei May 2014 #54

Pretty much the same way we survived without antibiotics and indoor plumbing Orrex May 2014 #30

Many ways to store it during the day! nt Logical May 2014 #18

True but entirely predictable which .. rickford66 May 2014 #32

exactly. thank you for some sanity in this thread. Duppers May 2014 #62

Doesn't the Sun use fusion? itsrobert May 2014 #12

We tried copying the sun RobertEarl May 2014 #15

We did? Where? oldhippie May 2014 #21

Hello? Anybody home? RobertEarl May 2014 #22

I'm not sure Robert understands the difference between fusion and fission. NuclearDem May 2014 #24

Why don't you tell me? itsrobert May 2014 #26

Other Robert. NuclearDem May 2014 #27

I know, but ..... oldhippie May 2014 #50

Yall are like climate deniers RobertEarl May 2014 #53

Then what was your point? NuclearDem May 2014 #58

So much wrong in one post. jeff47 May 2014 #38

Oh? RobertEarl May 2014 #46

We get no nuclear radiation. We get electromagnetic radiation. jeff47 May 2014 #48

fusion does produce gamma rays Fred Drum May 2014 #55

And gamma rays are EM. jeff47 May 2014 #73

Dude, you don't want to stand to close to a fire either!! be careful out there. eom yawnmaster May 2014 #79

Nuclear fission and nuclear fusion are two different things Spider Jerusalem May 2014 #51

Yes. Fusion is simple and natural. MannyGoldstein May 2014 #43

This is not your father's nuclear IDemo May 2014 #31

Right RobertEarl May 2014 #34

so it must be bad? ProdigalJunkMail May 2014 #36

Its all in how it is used: good or bad RobertEarl May 2014 #41

Robert claimed Fukushima would render the Northern hemisphere uninhabitable. jeff47 May 2014 #42

Cheap slander from you, again RobertEarl May 2014 #44

Yes Robert, continue to demonstrate the Republicans don't have jeff47 May 2014 #49

Is RobertEarl really that foolish or is he just trolling? JJChambers May 2014 #57

He's just passionate jberryhill May 2014 #71

What aspect of fusion do you feel equals the hazard potential of fission? IDemo May 2014 #39

wtf? "blow the place sky high" Duppers May 2014 #60

Fun fact - The sun is a giant fusion reactor. cemaphonic May 2014 #68

Fusion has been just around the corner for at least forty years now struggle4progress May 2014 #6

This time it might really be Trekologer May 2014 #11

From your link: struggle4progress May 2014 #59

Sounds nice, and also sounds like bullshit hatrack May 2014 #9

how do we know how long they've been working on it ? Duppers May 2014 #63

Short Lockeed. AngryAmish May 2014 #13

So that reverse technology is paying off now? Ichingcarpenter May 2014 #16

Here's The Video cantbeserious May 2014 #28

I like that they announced it now, Old-Energy needs to be shaken up. tridim May 2014 #29

Actually a couple of places/groups in europe (mostly french and german) had basicly said the same. PFunk May 2014 #33

We already have working fusion reactors. jeff47 May 2014 #35

I'll Be Delighted If They Can Do It BUT Vogon_Glory May 2014 #37

I want one to mount on my Z-Car BootinUp May 2014 #40

Bitch, bitch, bitch Calista241 May 2014 #45

I'll believe it when i see it Takket May 2014 #52

They couldn't stop it if the public BootinUp May 2014 #56

This message was self-deleted by its author Warren DeMontague May 2014 #61

you got it. Duppers May 2014 #64

Again? Lionel Mandrake May 2014 #70

So what is the purpose edhopper May 2014 #72

Good question. Lionel Mandrake May 2014 #75

The High beta fusion reactor at Lockheed was designed by Dr. Thomas McGuire BootinUp May 2014 #77

M.I.T. has an ongoing fusion research effort as well IDemo May 2014 #74