Reply To: NIMBY FUD

[jamesr]

BSFusion wrote:

I should point out that, none of these 15 are obstacles to Bubble-confined Sonoluminescent-laser Fusion (BSF).

Good list – I agree these are all major issues for LIFE (Laser Inertial fusion Energy), but you have to remember that this is not the primary role of NIF.

From the NIF website (https://lasers.llnl.gov/programs/nic/):

NIC’s ICF experiments are designed to advance the National Nuclear Security Administration’s Stockpile Stewardship Program as well as basic high energy density science research in such fields as astrophysics, nuclear physics, radiation transport, materials dynamics and hydrodynamics (see Science at the Extremes). Other experiments will provide scientists with the necessary understanding of the physics underlying the use of ICF for safe, clean energy production (see Inertial Fusion Energy).

Fusion Energy is just under their ‘other experiments’.

Just to pick 2 points from your list (13 & 14) Laser technology has moved on enormously since NIF was designed – for example, new diode pumped lasers are much more efficient, resulting in less heat needed to be dissipated between shots. They are not quite there yet, but progress is good.

I’m sure someone could come up with an equally long list of points regarding your BSF concept. Have you submitted any papers to peer reviewed journal that cover it? I find the paper format easier to scrutinise than a patent application, since journals insist on being suitably succinct.