Pensioners burning books to stay warm. Jan 28, 2010 20:51:20 GMT Quote Select PostDeselect PostLink to PostMemberGive GiftBack to Top Post by hairball on Jan 28, 2010 20:51:20 GMT Scientists have developed lasers that can burn more books than all the pensioners in the UK.A major hurdle to producing fusion energy using lasers has been swept aside, results in a new report show.The current calculations show that about 1.2 megaJoules of energy will be enough for ignition, and currently Nif can run as high as 1.8 megaJoules.Dr Glenzer said that experiments using slightly larger hohlraums with fusion-ready fuel pellets - including a mix of the hydrogen isotopes deuterium as well as tritium - should begin before May, slowly ramping up to the 1.2 megaJoule mark. Before those experiments can even begin, however, the target chamber must be prepared with shields that can block the copious neutrons that a fusion reaction would produce.But Dr Glenzer is confident that with everything in place, ignition is on the horizon.He added, quite simply, "It's going to happen this year."I certainly hope so, we'll never have to hear this CO2 crap ever again.
Pensioners burning books to stay warm. Jan 28, 2010 22:31:28 GMT Quote Select PostDeselect PostLink to PostMemberGive GiftBack to Top Post by bxs on Jan 28, 2010 22:31:28 GMT Jan 28, 2010 20:51:20 GMT hairball said:Scientists have developed lasers that can burn more books than all the pensioners in the UK.A major hurdle to producing fusion energy using lasers has been swept aside, results in a new report show.The current calculations show that about 1.2 megaJoules of energy will be enough for ignition, and currently Nif can run as high as 1.8 megaJoules.Dr Glenzer said that experiments using slightly larger hohlraums with fusion-ready fuel pellets - including a mix of the hydrogen isotopes deuterium as well as tritium - should begin before May, slowly ramping up to the 1.2 megaJoule mark. Before those experiments can even begin, however, the target chamber must be prepared with shields that can block the copious neutrons that a fusion reaction would produce.But Dr Glenzer is confident that with everything in place, ignition is on the horizon.He added, quite simply, "It's going to happen this year."I certainly hope so, we'll never have to hear this CO2 crap ever again.Yeh, then we will just get back to nuclear threats. But imagine a bomb you can build with that.