A Star in a Jar - Limitless Clean Energy Forever

[rdunk]

For me this continuing work on fusion energy presents interesting possibilities. Not the "free energy" that Tesla seemed to have discovered, but still possibly very far reaching!!

Space.com
By Glenn McDonald, Seeker | December 9, 2016 07:00am ET

For several decades now, scientists from around the world have been pursuing a ridiculously ambitious goal: They hope to develop a nuclear fusion reactor that would generate energy in the same manner as the sun and other stars, but down here on Earth.

Incorporated into terrestrial power plants, this "star in a jar" technology would essentially provide Earth with limitless clean energy, forever. And according to new reports out of Europe this week, we just took another big step toward making it happen.

In a study published in the latest edition of the journal Nature Communications, researchers confirmed that Germany's Wendelstein 7-X (W7-X) fusion energy device is on track and working as planned. The space-age system, known as a stellerator, generated its first batch of hydrogen plasma when it was first fired up earlier this year. The new tests basically give scientists the green light to proceed to the next stage of the process.

Read more: http://www.space.com/34960-star-in-a-jar-fusion-reactor-works.html

[robomont]

lol,probably stole it from lockheed, who stole it from us.but glad its being marketed.one of our hopes when doing the work,was that somebody with money would push the dream over the finish line,so in some ways we here at pegasus helped make the touchdown a success.
thats robos optimist side showing.

[zorgon]

Sigh.....


Directed Energy Weapons
Project Shiva Nova
Creating a Miniature Star on Earth

http://www.thelivingmoon.com/45jack_files/03files/Lasers_Shiva_Nova.html

[The Seeker]

Sigh.....


Directed Energy Weapons
Project Shiva Nova
Creating a Miniature Star on Earth

http://www.thelivingmoon.com/45jack_files/03files/Lasers_Shiva_Nova.html

Exzactly  need to read the livingmoon for it has a treasure trove of info...

Seeker

[spacemaverick]

Fusion Energy anyone?  My grandson is a Nuclear engineer for this company.  I thought it was interesting with regards to what they are working on at this time.

Fusion in a vessel?

http://trialphaenergy.com/

Based in California and funded by private capital and not dealing in defense contracts.  Purely energy seeking for power purposes.

http://www.bbc.com/specialfeatures/horizonsbusiness/seriessix/a-slice-of-the-sun/?vid=p03yfggk

Video.....

[zorgon]

Based in California and funded by private capital and not dealing in defense contracts.  Purely energy seeking for power purposes.

The problem with fission reactors is that all we are really doing is boiling water  so its a glorified MESSY steam engine


Now I hear in this BBC video that the fusion reaction will basically heat up some molten metals and make a...

STREAM ENGINE 

Mankind is soooo DOOMED

[robomont]

in our design,it was direct conversion to electricity.with a 1 ft wall of water on all sides,so basically about a 3 ft cube.i sometimes wonder if it would have worked.in my heart and mind,it would.