Reply To: Focus fusion and transportation

[Aeronaut]

Rematog wrote: Aeronaut,

You may be right that I’m on the high side on duration, but again, I could be on the low side of parts costs…..? I cetainly don’t have hard data. But, we’re nit picking the numbers, and the point was the order of magnitude. For exampe, if maintenance is only 60% of what I guesstimated, then cost per household would go from $200/month to $150/month. A nice savings, but not revolutionary.

And, I can see FF as revolutionary… but that it does not REQUIRE distributed installation to acheive this revolution. Which is good, as I think the regulators and/or public would be NIMBY to any nuclear reactor….and fusion is a nuclear reaction.

On another note, I don’t see utilites as providing core rebuilds. If this was done in a shop (nice thought there Aeronaut!), I’d guess it to be more likely factory offered or specialy technical companies. Utilites are regulated public business’s, with very high barriers to doing work in the un-regulated arena.

Rematog

Rematog,

I, too see FF as a revolutionary nuclear technology that could easily inspire NIMBY and/or dismissal as pie-in-the-sky utopians if improperly presented. That’s why I described my system in the order I did in today’s first post. I wanted a safe pastoral undertone, lol. None of us can accurately guess the numbers, but we’ve accomplished a lot today and yesterday examining how both business models can evolve simultaneously. Neither is right for all situations, nor does either preclude the other. Factory service just might work with all parties concerned, but I’d sure like to see the existing credibility of the utility ease the negotiations and transition.