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So who can afford to buy a nuclear power plant? Or a coal fired one for that matter? I do not quite understand what your question is in this regard. I would say that it is most likely a government of a country which should generate the largest income from taxes from a large middle class. Or... it i...

This the typical republican trickle down system and is not entirely correct. You need people that can afford buying your products, or you will never become a billionare. That means you need a large middle class. Ideally the wealth curve is a gaussian bell curve, with the middle class being the large...

Hmm, I have the luxury of just leaning back an watching what happens, being carefully sceptical at the same time of course. I have the same attitude towards the BFR, btw (even though I give the BFR a much higher chance of success). The fun part for me is in the thrill of the chance that something co...

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It is always good to be sceptical towards these new developments. How many have we heard off lately that did not quite materialize in praxis...

Yes, very sad indeed.

Mumbles, I am sorry that came over a little different from what I wanted it to sound. Lets say that when it comes to national security, money is less of an issue than for a commercial container cargo ship. Assuming that you guys are right and it wont make sense to retrofit old nuclear powered ships ...

Well, we will see. As I said, it is safe to assume that all fission reactors in ships will be replaced by BFRs, everything else depends on to many factors, that I do not dare to predict it. I think it might even be save to assume that they will retrofit many ships that had fission reactors for BFRs ...

I agree, but I think that below a certain size it will be difficult to justify the effort. After all a Polywell costs roughly a 100 mio USD (it will most likely be less after a while, but WB8 will be 100 mio USD, which is a number that we know). So at what ship- size does a 100 mio USD engine make s...

Oh yeah, I agree it is important and a big deal for the navy. That is what I said after all! I am not quite sure how large a ship has to be to acommodate an polywell that produces enough power. One also must not forget that you need specialists to operate this thing. This is expensive and might not ...

The HMS Cornwall that missplaced those 15 sailors, is a Frigate, 486 ft in length, 48 foot beam, about the size of a Arliegh Burke, a much newer design, is 509x59, a destroyer Ok, sorry I do not quite understand what you are trying to say. You are quoting me and then you say this, but I do not unde...

Yeah, I remember that, I got confused by him being in Russia now. He used to be in Finland. There was a lot of buzz about this in the 90ies and even the beginning of this century. There were some follow up studies and nothing ever came out of it. Guess he is back now? Same old, or this time for real...

So roughly 900 tons a year. Does not sound to much indeed. I thought it would be more. Thanks for the calculation Msimon.

Really? These things could't be fast-tracked? I was thinking more like 5-10 years. These things have to be approved. Then you have to face god knows what tests and discussions and so on and I am pretty sure that it will take at least 10 years for the first reactor to actually put power into the pub...

The world won't need that much B-11. Worldwide demand might be a couple railroad carloads per day, at most. Isn't that the point? The market for electricity is huge, but the market for fusion fuel will be vanishingly small. Yes, thats why I compared it to the DotCom boom. I think will be kinda of a...

These are provided that the Bussard Fusion Reactor meets all expectations. It will take some 10 to 15 years until the first reactors go online. Meanwhile some more improvements will be made to the thing. General Electrics, Mitsubishi and Siemens file several patents for improving the efficiency of B...