Graviton Fusion Reactor
Posted: 09 October 2010 02:54 AM   [ Ignore ]
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Okay, this probably doesn’t belong here, as I’m not even close to understanding what this thing is supposed to be, but the word “graviton” caught my attention:

Graviton Fusion Reactor

Is there anything to this? Does it require new physics? I thought gravitons were at best speculative, but I’m certainly not a theoretical physicist.

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Posted: 10 October 2010 02:40 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 1 ]
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Looks like hokum to me. The fuel collapses gravitationally? And the electrical repulsion, which is 10^36 times stronger than gravity, is overcome ... how, precisely?

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Posted: 11 October 2010 10:23 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 2 ]
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KeithPickering - 10 October 2010 06:40 PM

Looks like hokum to me. The fuel collapses gravitationally? And the electrical repulsion, which is 10^36 times stronger than gravity, is overcome ... how, precisely?

Well. the sun does it that way grin

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Posted: 12 October 2010 03:03 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 3 ]
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Hey, if gravitons can’t overcome electric repulsion, then what are they good for?

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Posted: 16 October 2010 05:11 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 4 ]
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Ivy Matt - 12 October 2010 07:03 AM

Hey, if gravitons can’t overcome electric repulsion, then what are they good for?

Imparting negative inertia? Pulling in the gravi train?  cool grin

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Posted: 16 October 2010 04:29 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 5 ]
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Okay, the various uses of the graviton are explained herewink

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Posted: 08 November 2010 06:48 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 6 ]
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Rezwan, please move this thread to the Noise, ZPE, AGW etc forum.

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Posted: 10 November 2010 04:02 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 7 ]
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I wouldn’t trust these guys to boil gravy: “Gravitaon inercial principle.” 
I detect severe stupidity.

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