Reply To: Iconography

[Brian H]

Aeronaut wrote:

Aero, I think you’re succumbing to the temptation to over-promise in terms of time. The science phase won’t likely be wrapped till mid ’10, and THEN comes the specifics of generator design and prototyping – 3 yrs. or so. So mid/late 2013 is a safer time to target for availability of proven designs. But keep in mind that that is lightspeed compared to either standard nuclear or green alternatives. Those options won’t have traction for about 10 years, at huge expense.

In other words, FF will be a live option in plenty of time to cut those big expenditures and alternatives off at the knees.

What did I actually promise, Brian? Only that the testing phase begins in 2009. 😉

Something about break-even in late ’09 … don’t know if that’s accurate, or meaningful. IAC, my point is that even talking about ’13 is WAY earlier than any other energy initiative.