[Jerry]

Tasmodevil44 wrote: When thinking outside the box on all the ways to possibly improve the focus fusion device to make it work better, it seems a daunting challenge, because most ideas simply don’t ” pan – out “. When it comes to electrodes that can handle more amperage, scientists are still having a hard time finding a room temperature superconductor, much less a super hot superconductor. As for myself, I keep toying around with the idea of some kind of supplemental fuel additive to the hydroborane that might help to ” kick – start” p+B11 reaction at a lower temperature and pressure. But this idea seems to be running out of workable options also. BUT NEVER QUIT TRYING ! ! ! These very daunting challenges make science and physics all the more fun to try and solve.

What about adding a squirt of deuterium? Cheating, I know, But if you got FF working with deuterium, it would get attention. Also, the D-D reaction might add enough heat to set off the 11B reaction. So a mix.

Is there a way to achieve superconductivity in a plasma?

[Jerry]

Brian H wrote:

So, basically anything that does not produce, market, or make production equipment for many other forms of energy.

Did you mean “Anything that DOES produce…”?

No, he’s saying that equipment etc. tied to other forms of energy generation will be obsolete, and so should be avoided.

Thanks for clearing this up.

It’s a strange boolean. Anything but x. Just avoid x, and you’ll be fine. OK! I’ll buy more shady derivatives – because it’s not x!

I thought perhaps he was thinking of the energy conversion equipment, and that we should invest in that, as he says:

Yes. Gotta watch them derivatives! They will no doubt profuse exponentially. I hope the regulators will soon become sufficiently antiderivative so that we can integrate the technlogy safely.
Hm, wasn’t aware that “profuse” was a verb! “Proliferate”, maybe? Another thing that might proliferate is manufacturing plants, once they are free to locate anywhere without the constraints of grid energy supply.

Look at any businesses that stand to gain from cheaper energy. Not many will loose catastrophically from fusion. Most are diversified and in fact may be heavily vested in fusion by the time it comes online.

I think it will be the oil-producing countries, rather than than corporations, that will take the hit when oil prices fall. Some have invested in natural infrastructure and production unrelated to oil; others have not. In many, all the money has gone to the ruling families so that the general population has gotten little. Some, like Mexico, are deep in debt. That will require democratization under adverse circumstances to pull them out of it by developing other resources.

[Jerry]

Rezwan wrote:

So, basically anything that does not produce, market, or make production equipment for many other forms of energy.

Did you mean “Anything that DOES produce…”?

No, he’s saying that equipment etc. tied to other forms of energy generation will be obsolete, and so should be avoided.

Thanks for clearing this up.

It’s a strange boolean. Anything but x. Just avoid x, and you’ll be fine. OK! I’ll buy more shady derivatives – because it’s not x!

I thought perhaps he was thinking of the energy conversion equipment, and that we should invest in that, as he says:

Yes. Gotta watch them derivatives! They will no doubt profuse exponentially. I hope the regulators will soon become sufficiently antiderivative so that we can integrate the technlogy safely.

[Jerry]

Brian H wrote:

So, basically anything that does not produce, market, or make production equipment for many other forms of energy.

Did you mean “Anything that DOES produce…”?

No, he’s saying that equipment etc. tied to other forms of energy generation will be obsolete, and so should be avoided.

Thanks, yes.

In fact, it’s hard for an investor to find a “pure play” with the big diversified outfits. I expect even EXXXON to do little more than wobble. They all have nuclear components, so they’ll be jumping into FF with both feet.

As I’ve said. the change likely will be gradual.

[Jerry]

quixix wrote:

Picture this: FF announces that it has successfully tested a p-B11 generator, and is gearing up to produce and license them to all comers.

As an existing or potential stock market investor, how much of your money are you going to leave/put in oil, automotive, transportation, or similar shares? If you own, say, $1M of Exxon, how much will it be worth tomorrow?

It would, of course, take years to build out the FF infrastructure to replace power plants and so on, but just knowing that oil has no future will hammer the value of MAJOR players on the world financial scene. Stock prices for many business types will plummet, and the “money” will have simply vanished.

When FF is proven, where would/will you/others invest?

FF-related stuff, of course. And electric utilities. Any industry that uses energy. Energy conversion: With sufficient energy, you can make gasoline from CO2 and waste water. Oil market prices will fall more slowly than oil futures, and consumption might fall very gradually. FF might save the SUV.

Unless it turns out you can fit FF into an iPod, fuel cells will be with us forever. It’s just that FF will be producing the cell fuel.

So, basically anything that does not produce, market, or make production equipment for many other forms of energy.

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