Reply To: turn heat into electricity

[Patientman]

YordanGeorgiev wrote: Focus Fusion success by 2020:

– disruptive (price) pressure to national governments to create a global energy grid

This was a discussion from 2010 which caught me by surprise. We have moved a year and a half closer to the goal, but our ideas may still be anchored without progression towards the future.

The concept of some super energy grid is a very scary idea. This line of thought needs to be expanded in the area of national security and practical economic means. We need to economically approach the building without stalling it out and it is a security risk to our freedom from a centrally controlled energy source. The grid itself could be taken down though nefarious acts of sabotage.

A diversified system with small reactors everywhere providing small communities with power is a far safer system to consider. It will also provide many more jobs locally for both construction and maintenance in the future. It also can be implemented far faster than a number of multi-megawatt facilities.

The price pressure issue will creep up on governments and corporations at a slower pace and not subject the world economy to the huge shock waves we have been experiencing for the last 40 years. This is the type of community energy planning that needs to take place, long before a reactor comes online. So where is the discussion of a vision for 2020 (that was started in 2010)?

It takes me awhile to get to the point.