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by rj40
Sun Feb 17, 2008 7:55 pm
Forum: Implications
Topic: Initial Responses
Replies: 123
Views: 150019

Initial Responses

What do you think the initial responses would be to the announcement of a working Polywell reactor? From: 1. Governments 2. Corporations 3. NGOs I had a discussion a few weeks back where some folks thought Russia would not be happy. Someone made the comment (half joking) that perhaps they would thre...
by rj40
Sun Feb 17, 2008 4:54 am
Forum: Implications
Topic: Using Polywell to burn suger cane... huh?
Replies: 40
Views: 28745

[quote="scareduck"]Yes. [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fischer-tropsch]Fischer-Tropsch[/url] is your friend.[/quote] According to the Wikipedia article, a large amount of CO2 would be released if fossil fuels were used to run the process. Polywell would get around that. Excellent! I'll take two.
by rj40
Sat Feb 16, 2008 4:39 pm
Forum: Implications
Topic: Using Polywell to burn suger cane... huh?
Replies: 40
Views: 28745

I think coal can be turned into gasoline, but it is much less expensive to pump oil out of the ground. I wish I could find the reference. Maybe short-term this is the way to go if Polywell works?