zapkitty wrote: Just a note: you seem to be churning over a variety of things that Lerner-hakase and company have already addressed either in their papers or on the forum… a sort of “best of” list of skeptic talking points.
That is my point. Lerner-Hakase have gone over them in paper. I have no problem with speculation and research. Optimism should be the norm for those working on any new technology. Great potential is the reason to take on new things. However, many research papers are not going to convince regulators. To a regulator, FoFu-1 is a new “thing” that they don’t understand. If they don’t understand something, they don’t let it operate. I’ve been there with them and it’s make you want to pull out your hair. I agree that no issue I mentioned is insurmountable, but it takes time, money and most importantly, data. Data on fusion systems with gain is in short supply at the moment.