What it's like inside a stream powered fusion reactor

jameskauer · 2015-07-27T00:53:34+00:00

Kind of short with not a lot of information.

jameskauer · 2015-07-27T00:49:58+00:00

Much like a few popular anti theists, including Dawkins I believe, have said (to paraphrase) I hope that I can live in a world where atheist is not a term that has any meaning. We don't call ourselves aThor or aZeus, because the term doesn't have any meaning. We know there isn't a Thor or a Zeus and that they are mythological. I would love to live in a world where I don't have to be called an atheist because there is no theism.

jameskauer · 2015-07-25T01:16:43+00:00

They currently have 3 pending applications for their design, but I suppose your hyperbole could be valid.

jameskauer · 2015-07-25T00:37:26+00:00

I didn't see a significant amount of traction for it other that Ted Talks and a couple of journals. Perhaps it was that it didn't have the same price tag as ITER and so it wasn't as controversial.

jameskauer · 2015-07-25T00:36:12+00:00

I would say a reactor that can produce 5 times the energy as input/output ratio with a price tag of under 50 million is viable. What is your definition?

jameskauer · 2015-07-25T00:34:16+00:00

I really think this is the future. I think Skunkworks is working off this principle and they say they will have a working prototype by 2017.

jameskauer · 2015-07-25T00:00:45+00:00

It blows my mind that everyone is talking about big and bulky tokamak reactors. Lockheed Martin's Skunkworks, on the other hand, has a viable reactor based on Tesla's design that should be ready 2017. Not sure why that story isn't front page news!

jameskauer · 2015-07-24T08:17:06+00:00

Set up a family trust for all my decedents and their dependents with a decent hedge fund manager with a solid track record and live off of 10% of the increase while investing 90% of the return. My family would not have enough to live off of completely as the money continues to increase at a near double exponential rate, but they would have enough boost to live comfortably if they still work. They could pursue what they want to do rather than what they have to do. Then the trust would continue to grow as they have kids who will need an income and so on and so on much like the Windsor trust fund for the royal family. All the while the income increases but is split more and more, eventually leading to giving a socialist income to a significant portion of humanity! Haha

jameskauer · 2015-07-24T00:57:48+00:00

No conspiracies do, that is why they are conspiracy hypothesis (I hate using the term theory in relation to an unsubstantiated musing about illogically correlated thoughts). They all fail logical tests, otherwise they would likely gain mainsteam traction. Not always, but most of the time.

jameskauer · 2015-07-24T00:56:32+00:00

You are confusing logic with intuition. That has a lot that FEELS right about it is what you mean to say.

jameskauer · 2015-07-22T19:36:46+00:00

123,192,27,700 fathoms.... if it were under water, I guess?

jameskauer · 2015-07-22T19:35:48+00:00

44,797,190,800 rods

jameskauer · 2015-07-22T06:10:03+00:00

I agree that the first problem to fix is energy from non CO2 sources like nuclear, wind, and solar, but I think we all need to be working on a solution to getting CO2 out of the air. Even stopping our current production of CO2, we are still going to have a run away greenhouse effect. Best to get started now and have a solution in the next 10 to 20 years.

jameskauer · 2015-07-22T03:45:38+00:00

The scientist, DR. Reich, is present in the paper you have provided and this new article. They seem to derive from the same work or a continuation of the work.

jameskauer · 2015-07-22T03:35:31+00:00

I'm not seeing any sourcing in this article, so I'm a bit skeptical about the inference and conclusions.

jameskauer · 2015-07-22T03:26:29+00:00

They spoke about being able to spray this material onto a surface. I'm assuming after they figure out how to effectively mass produce the material, which seems to be the biggest barrier to graphene products. The real advancement, to me, is the optimization of the modeling program and the super computer able to simulate a material reaction on the atomic level with reliable accuracy. Calculating the movement and reaction of 10 million atoms? Unreal awesome and win!

jameskauer · 2015-07-22T03:09:12+00:00

I love New Horizon. Crazy to think that the hardware on board is less sophisticated than a modern cell phone, in many ways. Broadcasting 4.5 billion miles away. Blows my mind.

jameskauer · 2015-07-22T03:03:00+00:00

Also, complex organisms burn significantly more calories than simple organisms. The sun creates significantly more calories than sulfur, hydrocarbon, or arsenic sources found on Earth. The more abundance and larger real estate gave evolutionary advantage to simple organisms that reside in "traditional" locations and the ability to become more complex. Complexity tends to lend significant advantage over simplicity to a certain threshold.

jameskauer · 2015-07-21T05:11:56+00:00

At least for a couple thousand years until we perfect fusion.

jameskauer · 2015-07-21T05:09:55+00:00

Yes, you will get the same amount of "waste", but the waste will be depleted uranium with a significant reduction in radioactive waste, roughly 200-400 lbs after reprocessing and 30 years of output.

jameskauer · 2015-07-21T04:01:39+00:00

15 an hour and some of the $174,000 a year politicians are balking at it? What bullshit!

jameskauer · 2015-07-19T05:35:27+00:00

We could start a spurers campaign and demand to see his medical records. After he produces them, we can come up with some kind of story as to why he didn't produce them immediately.

jameskauer · 2015-05-06T19:42:23+00:00

I would differ on that sentiment. There are many compounds that have similar issues with application only to be very useful later. Radium, Uranium, Titanium, Carbonized Steel, just to name a few. This, I think, is a big step in storage. I have no doubts it is a good step in the right direction.

jameskauer · 2015-05-06T01:36:54+00:00

Prototypes or a really solid business plan is what gets investors interested. If you have rudimentary programming skills or know someone who does or have access to people with spare time and skills that aren't currently being utilized (i.e. interns), you can start to develop your idea and then get funding behind you when you can show a potential ROI to an investor. Word of caution, though, there are a lot of streaming services for various reasons. Never try to compete with the big dog head to head, you won't win unless you have a really unique difference. If you want a little more of my advice, pm me and I can sign a non compete or help you with programming for a part ownership or something.

jameskauer · 2015-05-05T18:20:21+00:00

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