Reply To: Could pB11 focus fusion device be modified to use thorium?

[Chuctanunda]

Akhenaten: What’s needed for fusion is high temperature. On the sun this temperature is achieved naturally by the sun’s massive gravity, with temps in the millions of degrees in the center. This is sufficient heat to cause a nuclear chain reaction, thus generating still more heat, that heats us and the whole solar system. Focus Fusion creates the necessary heat using plasma physics and the inherent instabilities to generate a plasmoid. The temps here I think are measured in the billions of degrees. The Focus Fusion team is doing yeoman’s work overcoming the couple of major engineering hurdles to make this viable I invite you again to view the YouTube, (and Google Archive) presentation by Dr. Lerner. He is one of a handful of plasma physicists competent to lead such an effort. I suggest being open minded and learn from this. It doesn’t help to be a “Know it all”, especially when all you know is wrong. Approach this with child like wonder and amazement. There’s too much of what’s here you’re just not seeing yet.