Reply #26: He doesn't see gov't funding for this. [View All]

[Gregorian]

As a prior assistant director of Los Alamos labs, and having gov't experience, he knows this must be privately funded. He kept mentioning China as being the one to be able to knock this thing out with relative ease. Mostly because all of the engineers in this kind of subject are old. We have geared up for silicon, not particle physics. He also mentions how we have cut energy funding in our country while funding Iraq wars and 700 mile fences.

It'll happen. The physics is done. The benefits are needed.

Aside from being able to retrofit into existing nuclear and fossil fuel power plant facilities, it can be used to actually burn up nuclear waste. And it's useful for the high energy consumption that is required in order to desalinate water.

Hopefully the engineering on this will be funded, and won't hit any major snags. At least he seems to think he has ruled out the design problems.

Pretty cool.

edit- Here we go. A few things from one of his slides-
Cheap fuel-free electric power
Clean low cost system
Ethanol replaces gasoline (not sure how that works?)
Burn up nuclear waste
Fresh water from sea
Practical space flight (4 weeks to mars)
Global economic stability


Destroys world market for gasoline