On Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 4:26 AM, John Newman <jnn@synfin.org> wrote:
Of course the future, one hopes, is in fusion. Not the LENR hoax bullshit, but the stuff they are researching at ITER in Europe.
Remind me stellar physics... Sun fuses due to gravity created by excess fuel reserves in outer sheaths, sheath fuel consumed, gravity pressure thins, fuse stops, star falls in or blows out. Even if they somehow feed ToySun external fuel, where do they expect to generate a fuse worth of power (knowing energy conversion back into magnet/laser fields is very lossy thus requiring even more energy) to sustain a viable fuse while still having enough bypass left over to dump into the electric grid? Solar power? That's the only long term net input the Earth has. Law of conservation of energy? Fusion physics for dummies? Somehow I don't think this will happen until we learn to assemble the minimum critical + reserve mass for a real star. Till then have fun flying solar panels and raping planets?