Reply To: Energy output calculations?

[Rezwan]

I’ll have to agree with Delt0r. Even further, breakthrough energy in general gets so little funding.

There are two kinds of physicists, those who are good at physics and those who are good at getting funding.

A more constructive way to put it is, there are 2 skill sets physicists need, good physics, and good fundraising. We need to work on the latter obviously.

The Focus Fusion Society, as part of its strategic plan, has a “financing fusion research” campaign.

It’s mission? “To bring stakeholders together to provide fusion researchers with the broadest possible funding base; to make the case for funding a diversified, “multi-target” approach to fusion; and to provide a broader range of people and organizations the opportunity to make a difference in creating our fusion future.”

I say it’s best to start with pointing out how little funding fusion gets, and then on top of that, how many other opportunities there are (other projects) that could make a difference.