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Thanks MTd2 for highlighting the thespaceshow, which I would have otherwise missed. Your persistence clued me into it and I’m glad I tuned in…very informative show! I’m not a physicist, so bear with me with these questions; Are you proposing to not use hydrogen and pB11 in the future, despite it’s advantages? Are the reactions that you’re describing so advantageous that you think Focus Fusion should just stick with using Deuterium and “go for the gold” by tweaking how it interacts with He3? From what I gathered listening to you on the show, you think it would be equally aneutronic?

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Seismic retrofit???

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Thanks Zapkitty…you nailed it… 😉
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I agree our efforts to present fusion in a positive light are made more difficult by events in Japan. But there is still an even larger world event coming that people will have to face. The prospect of energy shortages in an ongoing expanding population, even with the advent of renewables such as solar and wind power. People adapt and change though. We went from fire to the development of electricity, even though electricity can be considered dangerous when not handled properly. We have to continually make the same case for fusion power, such as Focus Fusion, which would be far safer than fission nuclear power….

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Who to believe? Radioactive materials are now showing up in the food supply in Japan. Should you still eat it? What to do with grazing farm animals in the vicinity that you can’t bring to market? Should pregnant women be concerned? What about infants and small children? Can you believe in the [email=http://www.pacificecologist.org/archive/12/behind-the-cover-up.pdf]UNSCEAR reports[/email]? How much exposure is a [email=http://books.google.com/books?id=Uqj4OzBKlHwC&pg=PA128&lpg=PA128&dq=critic+unscear&source=bl&ots=I_PRw5Y-uN&sig=XPLi6UHFdsisDmlgC_Xy7BxdMAE&hl=en&ei=nCGFTe6EB5P6sAOwrunyAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBMQ6AEwADgK#v=onepage&q&f;=false]problem[/email]?
And all of this shouldn’t be newsworthy? Does it have to be dead bodies to count? Sorry to say it, the news for fission nuclear has been bad.

Radiation is successfully used in medicine to treat disease and for diagnostic purposes, but in very controlled environments. Fukushima has been out of control.

Correct me if I’m wrong with this information: With Focus Fusion (using hydrogen and pB11), you won’t be using radioactive materials that can spread into the environment. When it is running neutrons aren’t produced that would make materials radioactive. With Focus Fusion, you wouldn’t have a meltdown, it would simply stop working.

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Henning -Posted: 15 March 2011 08:46 AM

Nuclear fission always has been enormously subsidised. In this subsidy the deconstruction and (safe) deposition of waste isn’t even included. Cost-calculations are way off.

Yes, and thus we see in Japan that even the spent rods are overheating. The oligarchs might be squirming just a bit, because you can’t just fly to a tax haven to get away from radiation if it’s all over the planet, though you could go deep underground into the bunker for a long time. But you can’t show off and make people do your bidding quite as easily down there.

Maybe out of all of this the trend toward pragmatism will come back in vogue. Everyone is becoming educated to the relative risks of all of the energy technologies and fusion will look like another reasonable way out, including being profitable. I’m sure the Japanese people would much prefer the news to have gone like this: “Tsunami submerges fusion electric generator facilities. Electricity transmission went off line for a few hours. There has been no detectable radiation increase above normal background levels. Power has now been restored at the facilities to provide assistance and aid to the casualties of the Tsunami and in the cleanup…” “Fusion torches will be employed to salvage and reclaim the large numbers of destroyed ships, structures and transport vehicles to help contain the costs of the catastrophe…”

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It’s a good idea to try, Henning. I’ve read through their site info and FAQ’s and can’t tell how to influence the ranking/rating. It seems to come out the “Vapor”!
I like the concept though and they’ve got a good track record for shining the light on events/issues and which directs people to the linked web sites.

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It got my vote! 🙂 An explanation of how it works would be helpful.

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How’s about a fusion powered oven to roast the Turkey!
Happy Thanksgiving everyone…

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Yes, I’ve been thinking along these lines, but am not sure how to make the process happen with other people. To start with, any other specifications that are considered vital should be made known. I don’t have a CAD background so not every detail may show up accurately, though I’ll try my best. There isn’t a “Generate Plasmoid” button in my program. I don’t have the math skills at this point to make it happen by formula. I can approximate and further enhance in Photoshop, however….Animators that have the engineering skills and better software can develop the parts that are more daunting. And those of us with the art backgrounds can supply ideas to make illustrations have more appeal (or not, lol!). In the end you’ll have eye catching products that hopefully capture the public’s interest. I also don’t have voice over abilities, but I could send the animation clips to you all on disc and you can arrange them however you want with voice overs, music, graphics from a variety of sources. I’m happy to work with others and help move things forward.

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Thanks for the specifications Eric. Yes it would be a good idea to join up with Torulf to develop the animations.

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I wasn’t able to figure out how to make the coil formula work in the program. It did revive some memory banks in my head regarding Trig. however, which is a good exercise for me to do. I’ll leave it up to you expert engineers to finalize the details on the coil configuration. In the mean time here’s where I’ve gotten to with all your input:

Animation 3

One thing I realize is that the plasma I made is torus shaped instead of umbrella shaped as in other animations on this site. What is more accurate as the plasma runs up the electrodes?

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I’m going to have to chew on your formula for a while, Jamesr. That’s impressive! I’ll have to take a look at the 101electronics web site math section to see if I can decifer it and then implement it. The best I could come up with was this Wikipedia illustration of a circle generating a coil, but it’s in a straight line.

Sine coil

In the mean time here’s a screen grab of what I’ve come up with. Yes Zapkitty, this exercise is for educational purposes, myself included!
Thanks!

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There’s a bend function that allows me to bend a coil into a semi circle. So I don’t need a formula after all. I can make a full circle by splicing. I wonder if there should be multiple stacked coils? Or is just one going to soak up all the energy of the beam?

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I see what you mean, Vansig. I’ve looked it up in Wikipedia. The problem for me is adjusting the coil (paths) manually to make it circular will be very difficult. I can key in a math formula in the 3D program I’m using, which I’ve never done before. I’m searching the web for the handy formula that will just generate the correct coil, but haven’t found it yet.

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