Here is a link to a story about general fusion.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-c ... oject.html
general fusion in the news
Heh. To the investors, maybe.some experts say poses serious dangers.
I don't know if I'd heard Bezos was involved before.
Best of luck to them, it's an interesting approach and it's not impossible it could work.
Hmm, a ways off.Richardson said General Fusion is still three years away from actually attempting a fusion reaction
Canadian law now apparently supersedes physical law. Good news if there's ever a nuclear war, I guess.There are also questions as to whether or not an actual fusion reaction could legally occur in B.C. because the province has a ban on nuclear energy.
n*kBolt*Te = B**2/(2*mu0) and B^.25 loss scaling? Or not so much? Hopefully we'll know soon...
The tree huggers dont mean "all nuclear power", they mean "fission power plants and nuclear weapons", because peaceful fyoooozhun power is CLEAN and therefore GREEN.TallDave wrote:Heh. To the investors, maybe.some experts say poses serious dangers.
I don't know if I'd heard Bezos was involved before.
Best of luck to them, it's an interesting approach and it's not impossible it could work.
Hmm, a ways off.Richardson said General Fusion is still three years away from actually attempting a fusion reaction
Canadian law now apparently supersedes physical law. Good news if there's ever a nuclear war, I guess.There are also questions as to whether or not an actual fusion reaction could legally occur in B.C. because the province has a ban on nuclear energy.
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Another article on General Fusion:
Canadian firm General Fusion plans prototype nuclear fusion test for 2014
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/201 ... actor-test
Canadian firm General Fusion plans prototype nuclear fusion test for 2014
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/201 ... actor-test