Reply To: Pitching to Arnold

[Rematog]

Do not think that my disagreement with distributed installation means I am “against” Focus Fusion. If it works at 10 times the cost that is claimed on this site, it would still quickly come to dominate power generation. Even if more expensive then coal or fission, it would be much better from an envionmental standpoint alone.

And if it’s costs are close to what I have estimated, based on information from this site, I would see my home power bill drop to 1/2 or even 1/3 it’s current amount. And, it would provide the potential for growth to take over from other power sources for transportion, whether from electric vehicles or synthetic fuel production, without increasing envionmental impact from fossil fuels or fission byproducts.

And the cost savings and envionmental benefits would ripple thru the industrial sector, resulting in most manufactured items dropping in price, and having less environmental impacts. The greater real wealth this would provide, for both developed economies and the developing world, would allow more concern for the environment to be practical.

So, while I may debate the details… I agree that if it can be developed, this would be a world changing technology.