Small status update via NextBigFuture

glemieux · Post by **glemieux** » Mon Feb 14, 2011 10:07 pm

Surprised I hadn't seen this up here yet:

http://nextbigfuture.com/2011/02/emc2-b ... nd-of.html

To small to comment on?

Betruger · Post by **Betruger** » Mon Feb 14, 2011 11:16 pm

Looks like the same "info" as was reported here already.
See Ladajo's posts in (IIRC) the Recovery.org thread.

Ivy Matt · Post by **Ivy Matt** » Tue Feb 15, 2011 12:05 am

That article looks vaguely familiar.

KitemanSA · Post by **KitemanSA** » Tue Feb 15, 2011 1:44 am

I think the last line is a bit optimistic. There could be a number of intermediate stages between "promising" results and a full up WBD. For instance, there is still the oft argued WB9 that is EITHER a break-even machine OR the demo.

MSimon has often suggested a ~$10M-$25M project using a recycled MRI machine. That could also happen if the results are merely "promising". Tokamac results have been "promising" for several decades now.

Now if the results are VALIDATING...

Ivy Matt · Post by **Ivy Matt** » Tue Feb 15, 2011 7:18 am

That's a fair criticism. I would emend the text to read "promising enough" and perhaps add an "eventually" before "go on", but it's largely out of my hands at this point.