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Yesterday I had a lot of ideas in physical construction that I want to manifest into a 3-d drawing.(with an animation) I draw only in 2-d for cad work using orthogonal projection for elevations of houses. I have not delved into 3-d modeling. I am an ace at Autocad shortcuts, however. What program(s)...

I was never aware that is what they are.(plasma conduits) Sounds nifty, however. ENGAGE! Since hydrogen is so small and bleeds through material maybe that could be the hydrogen injection system! lol. Bleed it through the walls kind of like how a fuel cell allows hydrogen to permeate through the smal...

Roger that. It was just a waking dream. It looked much cooler in my mind than what it would most likely look like in reality. :)

Truly an inspiring read. Great work! I felt a bit sad when I read the Bussard part written when he was still kicking neutrons. A man struck down, a vision immortal. So long as those who believe in a better world hold the vision to light their ways towards truth and discovery.

It has always been my understanding that a functional IEC device could be plugged into existing electrical utility plants and run when prices for energy are high and when they are low. A means to give a utility "an edge" when it comes to profit. I worked as an intern(in IT) for Duke Energy for a lit...

Dr. Nebel - thank you for taking up the polywell project. It means the world to humanity if it pans out. There are a lot of people wishing nothing but the best for your team. As for the ITER/fusion politics, a successful polywell does not mean massive job losses - the ITER personnel will be redirec...

I am wondering what types of capacitor banks would be used for a 100MW system?

1) Are we talking large banks of caps rated at tens of farads each and tens of kilovolts?

2) Will large cap banks not be used to much extent? (just fed through public utility after conditioned for transmission)

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<Outside_Box> I am wondering if there would be any advantages of energizing a mixture of hydrogen to the state of plasma with the intent to use the current flow to induce a magnetic field for the magrid. 1) Would the magnetic field made by pumping current through a low pressure hydrogen stream in a ...

I am still a bit gun shy after a capacitor exploded on me a little while ago. Luckily no aluminum shards hit me and I was wearing a face shield so the electrolyte just sprayed on it and my clothes. Afterwards, my clothes developed holes in them. :) It was a stupid mistake, I forgot to put a resistor...

We might think about focusing on neutron impacts for the moment. We're almost certainly going to have to get a D-D/D-T reactor working before we start seriously considering something at p-B11 energies. The first part of a quest(journey) involves one foot in front of another. I agree with what you s...

It is my understanding that it has to do with the electron as a subatomic particle spinning around and moving at a certain vector. When the electron encounters the magnetic field line it transfers some kinetic energy as it "hits" the magnetic field line. This interaction alters the spin of the elect...

What would happen if the coils had a thin layer of boron carbide or boron nitride as its insulating layer? Would the magnetic field lines expand just like they would with a standard plastic insulation? I was thinking of a way to cool the wire down and boron nitride and carbide have good thermal cond...

Last weekend I read almost every post on this forum, forgive me if I overlooked what I am about to ask. I am curious about the construction of WB models. It is called the "magrid"? From pictures I have seen it looks like metal is used to encapsulate the coils of wire. The wire is then energized to e...