Comments on: This could be a really big deal: Energy for everyone

By: Richard Willmer

Richard Willmer — Tue, 07 May 2013 06:55:55 +0000

Religion is usually the ‘excuse’; the issues over which we fight are generally, at their core, economic or tribal ones! (Religion is often linked to tribalism – we see this often, don’t we? One of problems of this ‘dominionist’ stuff is that it is often tied up with the idea of a particular people or nation [or tribe] being ‘God’s chosen one’. These dominionist types have clearly not actually read their scriptures, eg. Romans 2 : 11.)
Back to the fusion story: there are a number of fusion reactors already in operation (the largest is here in the UK, near Oxford), and the big problem is that they need more energy to function than they give out. The hope is that the ITER reactor will ‘tip the balance’ (though not by much – and a circa 40-fold increase in ‘out over in’ is needed for genuine viability); I am really interested to see how Lockheed Martin get on with their pint-sized reactor (ITER will be big, as the LM piece points out).

By: Richard Willmer

Richard Willmer — Tue, 07 May 2013 02:55:55 +0000

By: Timothy Kincaid

Timothy Kincaid — Tue, 07 May 2013 00:24:14 +0000

But without energy issues, what will we fight over.
Oh, nevermind, I remember: religion.

By: Timothy Kincaid

Timothy Kincaid — Mon, 06 May 2013 20:24:14 +0000

But without energy issues, what will we fight over.
Oh, nevermind, I remember: religion.

By: Richard Willmer

Richard Willmer — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 00:13:49 +0000

News on ITER: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/one-giant-leap-for-mankind-13bn-iter-project-makes-breakthrough-in-quest-for-nuclear-fusion-a-solution-to-climate-change-and-an-age-of-clean-unlimited-energy-8590480.html