Reply To: minimal size device for focus fusion to work?

[Brian H]

vansig wrote:

Here’s the direct link, Rezwan. http://www.legion.org/magazine/2529/power-power-domestic-dilemma . Only problem is that it’s a tease to get subscribers. Here’s the Google search results for Jay Stuller, the author. We can learn a lot from him and maybe get mentioned in the reprint of the book he wrote the article to promote. http://www.google.com/#hl=en&q=jay+stuller&btnG=Google+Search&aq=f&oq=jay+stuller&fp=Li-R6mbKWrc

the author is mixing his terms. he writes,
“any attempt to phase out fossil fuels runs smack into a dilemma: electric motor technology simply can’t produce enough energy to move heavy trucks and aircraft, which need diesel and jet fuel.”

it is not the electric motor technology, but the battery energy density that is the problem.
L.A. Port is putting electric trucks for moving and delivering containers into operation as fast as it can, after very successful trials. There is a substantial savings, and the drivers and others at the docks find them much more pleasant to work with. They are using trucks with about 50 mile range, plenty for the daily work they do. Long distance rigs would use larger batteries, of course, or might even be able to use onboard FF (and plug into the grid and sell electricity when idle?) :cheese: