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Maybe they don’t have to be propeller-driven?
Nobody has created a DC driven reactive engine, because there was no need for one yet.

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Ok, i see “Baby Apollo” is in the list, and contributed by me,
so this solves those 2 problems.
And in case it works, any previous associations are likely to overwritten.
PS:Much better than TNGLFM 😉

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Interesting idea is that the DC network itself in some circumstances can act as a gigantic capacitor.

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JimmyT wrote:
I think once one approach is successful, other approaches will have a lot of problems getting funding. Particularly if they are inherently more expensive to begin with. So the first technology to cross the finish line will have exclusivity for a long time.

I would expect the opposite, because if fusion is proven to work(or at least break-even).
without multi-billion investment, then a lot of investors will start crawling for this pie (which is not truth at the moment of speaking),

As usually happens not all of them will be accommodated by the original inventor, so its likely they will invest into alternative approaches, even if they are more expensive and/or more problematic.

If you see in industry there is always some options for each type of solution each with its advantages and disadvantages.
An example – how many types of persistent data storage do you know?

If FF fails to work, a lot of others will take the lead, but even if somebody else succeeds faster, FF can still cross the finish line successfully and find its own niche,

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I suggested “Apollo”,
seems it did not pass the spam filter :(.
But now it did!

Apollo has been variously recognized as a god of light and the sun; truth and prophecy; archery; medicine and healing; music, poetry, and the arts; and more.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo

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Interesting read:
http://www.withouthotair.com/download.html
Especially the Part I, “Numbers, not adjectives”

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I believe they should not receive carbon credit, but should not have to pay carbon tax anymore.

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I believe it could be not just an energy storage medium, but also an energy source.
It depends how the conversion is done.
I don’t have an idea about the underlying physics, as wikipedia does not seem to cover it well,
but if normal matter is converted to antimatter by
input of less energy than the output of antimatter annihilation, that means we do have an energy source.
It should not break the 2 law of thermodynamics, because we do loose matter in the process.
And there could be no need for capture and storage – just generate antimatter on demand.
PS:Its not just new detector, its also thicker gold layer.

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Basically there are 2 types of known atomic energy sources:
Fission of heavy elements
and fusion of light elements.

Thorium energy could be harversted in fission, because its a heavy element.

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Hurray! :snake:

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Brian H wrote:
All good thoughts; but you might like to check out some of the analyses which consider the energy input for food production. It’s considerable, all the way from the agri-end (cultivation and fertilizer production and application) to transportation to storage (think refrigeration) and distribution. Energy is the currency you can’t avoid spending.

I get this much, but I don’t see profits here because of the huge amount of competition.
Basically what can happen, if producing food gets cheaper – prices will fall everywhere.
Unless a specific region adopts FF faster, which means it becomes more competitive.

Of course if transporting food all over the world is cheap, it means investing into regions where the production is cheapest makes the most sense.
So basically south africa? Deforestation is gonna get worse.

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Please read a little more about the
http://www.moller.com/newm400.htm
Mileage from 20mpg. Somewhat comparable to a normal car.
And yes, they are trying to fully automate it so you would not need to do anything else, just define the destination.
And of course you should not need a pilots license, and drunk flying should not be a problem 😉
at least most of the time for the rest – there are parachutes installed

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Well if energy is cheap and owned by FF, then some major markets are still available for investment:
1)Intelectual property
2)Manufacturing
3)Utilities
4)Raw materials
5)Commodities
6)Food production
something more?

Intelectual property is under attack from open source and piracy. While the second one might get reduced, the first one will get just worse.
Manufacturing will also become something you can do at home, in the long term. Look at the goals of http://www.reprap.org .

From the rest I would invest in Raw materials, as cheap energy should allow to get raw materials much cheaper, even those that are high in demand. For example you can get gold from salt water, its just not economical with current energy prices.

Utilities should be a good investment in the short term, as energy prices for the consumer wont fall very fast, and most of the profits will be collected there.

Commodities an Food production markets are overbooked IMHO, and cheap energy is not likelly to affect them fast. Of course in time prices will fall, after raw materials and energy become cheaper, but I would question the availability of profits there.

And of course you should want to invest into FF infrastructure development, that should be a gold mine in short term.

My 2c

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Lets think about flying cars instead! 😉

http://www.moller.com/

Of course parking is still a problem ;(

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Now lets get back to topic.
What defence can you use against a railgun?

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