Reply To: Iconography

[Brian H]

Aeronaut wrote: I always get a kick out of your literal interpretations, Brian, so I don’t take it personal. The point of my previous post is that I’m not required to share your pessimistic views of people and organizations.

Breakable, I’m proceeding on the assumption that Eric takes no unnecessary risks, especially when it comes to scheduling. His Wiki bio is fascinating reading. I believe he’s already published over 600 scientific articles and papers, so his work is not unnoticed in the scientific world. He’s already lined up the University of Ferraro in Italy for confirmation testing, and the UN is operating a fleet of DPF machines very similar to FF. I posted a link recently to a Polish machine of similar specifications that was operating 8 years ago.

Eric is working in a vacuum no more than Edison was in his race. Once Baby demonstrates that net power has been done repeatably, I’m sure we’re going to see a gold-rush mentality at the university level.

Each organization and politician and bureaucrat will operate on the “Qui Bono?” principle, meaning “Who Benefits — will it be me/us?” If the answer, short or medium-term, is “No”, then they will act in ways to derail or obtain control of the threat. All of human history supports that assumption. You or others may or may not be able to get the long-term perspective to prevail, but self-interest is not always of the enlightened variety. So be prepared for opposition and even subversion.

Breakable’s concern about Eric getting hit by a bus (or bullet) is not irrational. I hope the knowledge and drive required to see FF thru to completion are adequately dispersed and distributed to protect against decapitation of the process and project.