http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/06/fusion_energy.html
Forum software forces me to post this in the “Bloggers” section, but this is NEWS of the first order. Mods are asked to so move the post.
This is great news.
The Polywell is the only Nuclear energy device that’s actually working and scalable. Once it’s scaled up to full size, it’s a quick few steps to making cheap and clean electricity.
“If WB-7 was similar to WB-6 it means an increase from 3 neutrons a shot to 12,000. A real countable number i.e the error bars will be much lower. A count of 3 can actually be considered a count of 3 +/-2. That is a big error bar.”
Paydirt for Polywell, isn’t the same thing as a revolutionary new power generator for the rest of us. I mean, I’m glad the results are good enough to proceed. That said, this is make or break time. If the scaling model is wrong, then this is another cold fusion mess. Good luck to the team.
I prefer WD-40.
It’s the specification for a test-model nuclear fusion reactor called a Polywell reactor. If all goes well, the next model will produce more power than it consumes. If built at a commercial scale, such a reactor would not only be a revolutionary source of waste-free grid electrical power, but would be a perfect power source for submarines, aircraft, and spacecraft.
Fun Fact: the basic technology behind this design was originally developed by Philo T. Farnsworth — yes, the same guy that invented electronic television.