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benfParticipantFolks on this forum may have seen the news on the Alcator C-mod project at MIT and their record breaking pressure achievement for a tokamak.
This achievement matters to us because a few years ago we rallied and became involved in letter writing and petition signing to support the funding which was going to be cut to this program.
It points up the value of continuing these support campaigns—they can produce results. In the spirit of promoting alternative fusion energy research, we got politicians to take a second look at ITER funding. We got them to extend MIT’s funding for a year, which enabled the research to advance….ARPA-E has funded Helion Energy.
I think we can leverage this achievement to enable more funding for small scale alternative projects like Focus Fusion in the future….I plan to do more writing…petition signing, etc. We all should! 🙂
benfParticipantFrom Phys.Org:
“By using Fiber Multi-Object Spectrograph on the Subaru Telescope, an international team led by Japanese researchers has made a 3D map of 3000 galaxies 13 billion light years from Earth (Figure 1). Based on this comprehensive survey, the first of such a study at this great distance, the team was able to confirm that Einstein’s general theory of relativity is still valid.”
December 13, 2015 at 5:05 am in reply to: Anyone willing to post a more final version of Delta the randomness figure please… If not I will! #13708benfParticipantRandomness: a stitch in time….
benfParticipantbenfParticipantI like the term “amplifier” better than “bomb”…but either way, if it enables fusion it would be a good thing…
benfParticipantI’m also wondering about this boron buckyball material. Would it still be relatively transparent to x-rays? It’s said to be a decent conductor….Can it be produced more easily than Beryllium, or is it just atomic scale? Use it as a coating for the anode?
July 11, 2014 at 10:51 pm in reply to: 2014 web and forum updates: what sort of features would people like to see? #13394benfParticipantZapkitty, first off I’d say it’s great that the FFS site is moving away from Expression Engine to WordPress….
Regarding the history question, I think it’s important to have on this site as it provides a resource to educate, one of the reasons for non profit existence.
Plus having it on this site makes it easier to redirect to past articles that may already provide an answer to questions that come up in this Forum, rather than directing to another site.
There’s no harm in having LPP’s history on both sites, in my opinion.benfParticipantI think it’s a good memo, one that could be circulated far and wide through email and posted on social network sites. On first reading I see a typo in the caption to the graph. Grown should be growth.
Good flyer!benfParticipantIs the Focus Fusion Society still functioning? An interesting question….
Mariusz thank you for donating and also raising a question. You’re new to this blog, which is great. We want to encourage and cultivate new members and contributors to the society, people who will speak to the issue of fusion energy for a brighter future!
The Focus Fusion Society was created over ten years ago as a nonprofit organization to advocate for the development of fusion energy. It has not been an easy task…however there has been great progress toward achieving the goal.
We have gained many contributors over the years and much of what they have posted or created continues to be relevant, posting information, encouraging networking, executing administrative tasks including the functioning of this website. It has primarily been through the efforts of volunteers.
So you might see older posts here but they have been a part of a process of encouraging the exchange of information and ideas to hopefully allow our mission to move forward.
Right now many of us are engaged in the crowdfunding effort which is blossoming and bearing fruit. It has been consuming our time and energy but it will be a lifeline from the Focus Fusion Society and it’s contributors to help continue the research in Focus Fusion. You’re welcome to participate.
We encourage you to continue contributing in this effort!
Best Regards,
Ben FerrisbenfParticipantHere is a link to our “About” section on our website, which you can also access from the home page:
benfParticipantProblems the LENR researchers will have:
(from the ARPA-E FOA)E. AREAS SPECIFICALLY NOT OF INTEREST
Concept Paper Applicants will not be invited to submit Full Applications if their Concept Papers:3. Are not based on sound scientific principles (e.g., violates a law of thermodynamics);
4. Propose basic research aimed at discovery and fundamental knowledge generation;
5. Propose demonstration projects of existing technologies;
6. Propose incremental improvements to existing technologies;
7. Propose a concept without the potential to be disruptive in nature, as described in Section I.A;Some of these points will make it difficult/impossible for anyone to get funded?
December 17, 2013 at 7:15 am in reply to: Former US Fusion Energy Chief, Senior Researchers Say Start-up’s Fusion Program Merits Much Higher Level of Investment #13029benfParticipantBreakable also contributes a lot as (volunteer) secretary of the board of directors and is instrumental in keeping us going. He’s expressing the similar feelings I have as well. It is such an uphill battle to advocate and promote this technology. But any assistance from the public is definitely welcome on any level and I believe that having supporters with a historical background at the center of fusion program development promoting Focus Fusion is a very positive step forward. I’d find it hard to believe that senior officials at the DOE’s Fusion Energy Science program wouldn’t take notice on some level as they think about their history of funding initiatives, which have been geared primarily to the sole paradigm of the tokamak.
The Focus Fusion Society is a nonprofit organization that at this point is all volunteer. It is hard for any of us to devote full time attention to the task of promoting our mission. Trying to provide leadership has it’s challenges given our circumstances. One way to exercise leadership is through networking. In the age of the internet it is one way to reach out to people to engage them with the issues of fusion energy. It can be very surprising to connect with other people on the subject. If they communicate back to us in a supportive way then we’ve had some success. Trying to reach out to and influence people who are in authority, with financial and political weight is also something we should try to do. They can keep doors closed but they can also open them. No that this is the only tactic we have, we’re also hoping to reach out to the broader public as with initiatives like the crowdfunding campaign.
This website also does a lot to network, to reach out to people and provide education around the issues of fusion as well as being a sounding board for advancing the research. Leadership comes in many forms, shapes and sizes. Overall it’s a good thing to have people with scientific backgrounds in fusion research weighing in on the subject of the viability of Focus Fusion.
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It’s been customary to post LPP newsletters on the home page some time after they have first posted to us. It is LPP’s newsletter and they send it out to their investors and contact list. We will be posting it shortly on our home page.
benfParticipantClimate CoLab Energy video presentation by DennisP. The fusion part starts at 41:30. Comments from Eric Lerner and Dave Doucette.
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