Reply To: $40million raised for boron fusion

[Brian H]

AaronB wrote: Brian, without going into details or complicated formulas, the pinches are not “hot” enough yet, but the extrapolations are there. However, pB11 is a completely different animal than deuterium.
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With that said, and as bad as that may sound, the results we have gotten are very encouraging, and we’re only getting started. We’re at the cutting edge of this research. With the upgraded switches, we should have vastly improved performance by having all capacitors discharge, with better synchronization, at higher voltages. We’ve barely started to test the effects of the angular momentum coil or the magnetic field effect, so we really can’t say just how much those will ultimately improve the results. We’re also getting all the diagnostic instruments installed and the noise eliminated, so we can better see what’s going on, effectively taking off the blindfold. As for finding the “sweet spots”, well, that’s what batting practice is all about. 🙂 We’ve got to get in there and start swinging. I’m very optimistic that by late September, we’ll have some newsworthy results. When all the pieces come together at the right time and place, that’s when things get interesting.

Yes, that’s about what I thought/hoped. The behavior of the pinches and the energy patterns seem to me to be very promising, indeed. I hope by this time next year the big concern will be refining the electrode cooling system, or SLT! 🙂 :cheese: