Recent content by Brian H

Wires are cheaper than hydrogen pipelines.

It may all go blooey at any time, apparently. Blame Ceres and Vesta: http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-07-minor-planets-ceres-vesta-earth.html

If the radiative and retained thermal balance of the planet doesn't have to do with energy, what does? :confused: :smile:

Heh. Of course, it's only white by biological convention. Our eyes are built to exploit a particular slice of solar EM frequencies and treat the 'colors' equally so they blend as phenomenological white. A perceived color shows imbalance in the input, which is information to be appreciated and...

Careful, I hear it hurts to hold contradictory ideas simultaneously. We few, we precious few, :blushing: who are pushing for Focus Fusion to succeed see a world-wide HIGH ENERGY lifestyle in the cards, because it will provide lots. Energy efficiency is nice, but energy surplus is better.

Fair enough. There's a first time for everything. So far, however, so good: "Lerner: The achievement of a pinch, and on the second shot, means that we have accomplished one of the eight technical goals of the current experimental program. The machine is doing what we designed it to do, which is...

Speaking of Germans and windows and physics and CO2 -- http://arxiv.org/pdf/0707.1161v4 Falsification Of The Atmospheric CO2 Greenhouse Effects Within The Frame Of Physics Version 4.0 (January 6, 2009) Sample excerpt: "In [the] case of partial differential equations more than the equations...

The patent contains many of the equations you may be looking for: http://tinyurl.com/FocusFusionPatent

Update: a DPF device, capable of 2MA pulses, is now in testing and full-bore experimental use at LLP. The hoped-for timeline is pB11 fusion by the end of 2010. If you want to bet for or against it, it's up on Intrade...

Gas molecules stick around on the surface for approximately the same reason you do. They would only escape Earth's gravity by achieving escape velocity, just like you. A few in the upper atmosphere get bashed hard enough by neighbours to make it, but most fall back.