Lockheed says makes breakthrough on fusion energy project

[Donger]

If they have shown a net gain, awesome. If they haven't, meh.

[Dave Lane]

Too bad they can't to it the old fashioned way H -> He

Talk about a win.

[Discuss Thrower]

Electric Boat and the rest of the Navy has to be salivating over this.

[Ming the Merciless]

Originally Posted by Dave Lane

Too bad they can't to it the old fashioned way H -> He

Talk about a win.

type II civilization?

perhaps the great filter will destroy us b4 this can happen?

D000000M

[keg in kc]

Wasn't this news like a month ago? There's some interesting competing technologies in development showing some promise as well.

[Baby Lee]

Originally Posted by keg in kc

Wasn't this news like a month ago? There's some interesting competing technologies in development showing some promise as well.

Yes, this is pretty much the same story that first emerged 2-3 weeks ago. Sorry for not prioritizing repost police duties.

But it remains a theoretical work in progress. They are presently fabricating a machine they think will achieve their objectives, but have not replicated their projected results to date, so far as I know.

[BigRedChief]

Originally Posted by Baby Lee

Yes, this is pretty much the same story that first emerged 2-3 weeks ago. Sorry for not prioritizing repost police duties.

But it remains a theoretical work in progress. They are presently fabricating a machine they think will achieve their objectives, but have not replicated their projected results to date, so far as I know.

Yes, others are as close on this research.

My son is studying quanta. I've picked up a little from osmosis.

Quantum energy will be the final energy source. Quanta exists in every atom. All matter is made of atoms. If we can harness these quanta, the possibilities are unlimited.Teleportation, warp drive, Power for everything.

The easiest, non tech, explanation for quanta's I could find on a web search..................

Quantum means a very small speck of something, in this case, an elemental unit of energy. It turns out that quanta (several small specks of energy) exist in the background of all atoms and show themselves even at the coldest of temperatures, zero degrees Kelvin (or absolute zero) the lowest of all possible energy states.

This is demonstrated when all matter has been removed and nothing is left to make any motion, in essence, nothing should move. And yet, these infinitesimally small packets of energy exist, sometimes as particles and sometimes as waves. And this energy fills the space or void.

Now, where do you and I come in? We, and everything around us is made up of atoms. If the foundation of all atoms is this energy field, then we have this energy within us. Through and through. Everywhere. In fact, there is no beginning or end to it, where one atom starts and another stops. The energy is continuous.

And it turns out that this energy, when it moves in waves, has no boundaries, not in space, and not in time. So, you can consider yourself tethered, if you will, by this energy field in the background of every atom in your body, to everything that exists, has existed and will exist.

You really have no physical boundary when it comes to this energy field. And in fact, you are entangled energetically to everything else, to everyone else, in the physical world we see, and the non-physical world we don’t see, as in our consciousness, or more simply, our thoughts.

[Rausch]

Originally Posted by BigRedChief

Yes, others are as close on this research.

My son is studying quanta. I've picked up a little from osmosis.

Quantum energy will be the final energy source. Quanta exists in every atom. All matter is made of atoms. If we can harness these quanta, the possibilities are unlimited.Teleportation, warp drive, Power for everything.

The easiest, non tech, explanation for quanta's I could find on a web search..................

Quantum means a very small speck of something, in this case, an elemental unit of energy. It turns out that quanta (several small specks of energy) exist in the background of all atoms and show themselves even at the coldest of temperatures, zero degrees Kelvin (or absolute zero) the lowest of all possible energy states.

This is demonstrated when all matter has been removed and nothing is left to make any motion, in essence, nothing should move. And yet, these infinitesimally small packets of energy exist, sometimes as particles and sometimes as waves. And this energy fills the space or void.

Now, where do you and I come in? We, and everything around us is made up of atoms. If the foundation of all atoms is this energy field, then we have this energy within us. Through and through. Everywhere. In fact, there is no beginning or end to it, where one atom starts and another stops. The energy is continuous.

And it turns out that this energy, when it moves in waves, has no boundaries, not in space, and not in time. So, you can consider yourself tethered, if you will, by this energy field in the background of every atom in your body, to everything that exists, has existed and will exist.

You really have no physical boundary when it comes to this energy field. And in fact, you are entangled energetically to everything else, to everyone else, in the physical world we see, and the non-physical world we don’t see, as in our consciousness, or more simply, our thoughts.

Best used as an information source - not an energy source...

[ptlyon]

The future of big nuclear is here. Invest now.

[Chief_For_Life58]

"We have run out of ideas how to get this thing to work so we need to recruit better engineers. Anyone please send resume with cover letter to skunk works. Thank you"

[Gonzo]

This is what causes the apocalypse. Bank on it. Fusion creates zombies, I guarantee it.

[DaneMcCloud]

Whether or not fusion becomes the world's #1 energy resource, it should help to curb the use of fossil fuels and our usage of Middle Eastern oil.

I call that a Win-Win.

[Baby Lee]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

Whether or not fusion becomes the world's #1 energy resource, it should help to curb the use of fossil fuels and our usage of Middle Eastern oil.

I call that a Win-Win.

It's potential hasn't been in question since we gained understanding of what happens in the Sun. It's practicality remains in question yet.

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by Baby Lee

It's potential hasn't been in question since we gained understanding of what happens in the Sun. It's practicality remains in question yet.

But as a scientist, don't you believe that's an issue more to do with funding and proper research?

I think I've mentioned this before but I know a few very high level engineers that have built power plants worldwide that have both said that had the proper resources been allocated to solve the cold fusion issue, it would have been implemented 20 years ago.

[Chief_For_Life58]

Where were going we don't need roads