Recent news about 'breakthrough' power in nuclear fusion is misleading: there are missing details. It's still likely years away—if that—but even it worked right now, we might not want it. Here's why.
I thought Nuclear Fusion reactors were due to go online in France in the near future.
Many nations, including the U.S. are in on it. Problem with nuclear fusion, to my understanding, has been containment of the over 1 Million degrees. Magnetics were to have solved that.
This vid is what got me interested and CT Fusion has come a long way since then.
Youtube> The Energy Crisis is Over! | Derek Sutherland | TEDxUofW
This is a great overview of the current state of fusion research. Fusion power always seems to be 50 years in the future. I think it may actually be getting close now, maybe 50 years from now... :) But the current infrastructure (grid) will not be able to support the increasing load in even 5 years, assuming that the current push for EVs continues. You give a very good description of the limitations of the current grid, including efficiency losses that are usually ignored.
Decentralized energy generation would solve many problems. My limited background in physics makes it impossible for me to form any strong opinion about hydrino-based energy, but we all kind of know that quantum physics is incomplete, even with the adjective "standard" applied.
While there remains considerable resistance and dispute--given the nature and consequences of Mills' theory and the peculiarities of the man himself--Mills continues to lay evidence before us, with enough information and detail to make his case very compelling.
Thanks, I'll look at those links. And I should mention that I'm a fan of Sabine Hossenfelder as well. I would be interested in her take on the hydrino. She's usually not afraid to talk about controversial topics.
My guess is that she would gently downplay/reject it, while mentioning that the Standard Model is a dike with more holes than fingers at the moment--and redirect to the fact that groupthink currently dominates the physics community. She's done a few videos about this and wrote a great article years back that I'll have to dig up again.
Great information! You’ve broken it down where even I can understand it and I want a Sun Cell!
I thought Nuclear Fusion reactors were due to go online in France in the near future.
Many nations, including the U.S. are in on it. Problem with nuclear fusion, to my understanding, has been containment of the over 1 Million degrees. Magnetics were to have solved that.
This vid is what got me interested and CT Fusion has come a long way since then.
Youtube> The Energy Crisis is Over! | Derek Sutherland | TEDxUofW
This is a great overview of the current state of fusion research. Fusion power always seems to be 50 years in the future. I think it may actually be getting close now, maybe 50 years from now... :) But the current infrastructure (grid) will not be able to support the increasing load in even 5 years, assuming that the current push for EVs continues. You give a very good description of the limitations of the current grid, including efficiency losses that are usually ignored.
Decentralized energy generation would solve many problems. My limited background in physics makes it impossible for me to form any strong opinion about hydrino-based energy, but we all kind of know that quantum physics is incomplete, even with the adjective "standard" applied.
I appreciate your comments! If you haven't yet, take a look at this post, and the original paper it's linked to.
https://cognitivecarbon.substack.com/p/international-journal-of-hydrogen
This is also a good read.
https://brilliantlightpower.com/pdf/Hydrino_States_of_Hydrogen.pdf
While there remains considerable resistance and dispute--given the nature and consequences of Mills' theory and the peculiarities of the man himself--Mills continues to lay evidence before us, with enough information and detail to make his case very compelling.
Thanks, I'll look at those links. And I should mention that I'm a fan of Sabine Hossenfelder as well. I would be interested in her take on the hydrino. She's usually not afraid to talk about controversial topics.
My guess is that she would gently downplay/reject it, while mentioning that the Standard Model is a dike with more holes than fingers at the moment--and redirect to the fact that groupthink currently dominates the physics community. She's done a few videos about this and wrote a great article years back that I'll have to dig up again.
Found it:
http://backreaction.blogspot.com/2018/11/the-present-phase-of-stagnation-in.html?m=1
If you're interested, there's a new (and very good) article on power grid issues at https://judithcurry.com/2023/01/04/academics-and-the-grid-part-i-i-dont-think-that-study-means-what-you-think-it-means/#more-29590
I'll put that on my reading list, thank you!
Thank you for breaking this down! 100% in agreement. Decentralized energy and food production is the way. Open source is the way.
Decentralized energy availability is probably why a much safer thorium power system has never been fully developed.
“The grid benefits the same old Energy Barons that have always kept us enslaved. We don’t need fusion, so much as we need freedom from the grid.”
“We need freedom from the Matrix.”
I agree wholeheartedly!
I knew the hype was over-hyped! Thanks for putting this together.
I have been checking on the SunCell since I heard you talk about it months and months ago. Any idea if that will be available sometime soon?