[KingM]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('ian807', 'T')ell me again why we're not instead funding use of that *working* fusion reactor otherwise known as "the sun."

Any real cost/risk advantage to having a smaller one close by? Anybody?

[ian807]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('KingM', ' ')It's called energy density, one of the favorite subjects on this board.

[TheAntiDoomer]

MSU: Major scientific breakthrough in algae biofuel

http://www.kxlf.com/news/msu-major-scie ... e-biofuel/

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'T')his summer, a team of Montana State University researchers made a scientific breakthrough that has eluded scientists for decades. It's a discovery that makes algae a much more viable source of biofuel.

Science and industry have been making biofuels for a long time, from things like corn oil, soybean oil, and algae oil. It's always been difficult to make a biofuel as economical as a conventional crude oil. The price of crude oil usually has to be a very high cost per barrel before it's really feasible. But the MSU Algal Biofuels group is making that a little more competitive. The team found a way to get four times as much biofuel from a given amount of algae.

[Outcast_Searcher]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ludi', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('ian807', ' ')Economic pressure moved them to do this,

[davep]

Who here is espousing stealing nearly all 'their' income? That seems to be something of a strawman.

Squeezing bankers until they squeal is another thing entirely though.

[Ludi]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('pstarr', '
')
Now corporations by and own us and our commonwealth. That is mostly why we are f3cked.

[TreeFarmer]

Ludi;

Please don't put any faith in the supreme court no matter which bunch has the majority. The one thing the founding fathers misfigured on was that the federal courts would keep the federal government in check.

Someone please check this but I believe it was the liberal justices that let the town in Connecticut(?) eminent domain property so that they could sell it to a developer and get higher real estate taxes in return.

I really, really, really hate to say it but the day may be coming when we have a round of voting that is done with bullets instead of ballots.

TF

[ian807]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Outcast_Searcher', '
')It's no coincidence to me that by far, most of those who bash the most productive folks the most harshly (and espouse stealing nearly all their income) produce little of value for society to plunder themselves. Nice and convenient.

[TheAntiDoomer]

Cold fusion offers best way to generate power: scientist

http://sify.com/news/cold-fusion-offers ... dhiai.html

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'S')peaking on the emerging field of 'condensed matter nuclear science' at the National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS) here, Srinivasan said 'unbelievable, multi-body nuclear reactions appear to be taking place in simple experimental configurations, involving the nuclei of palladium'.

These reactions, formerly called cold fusion, are now referred to as low energy nuclear reactions (LENR) and the field, as a whole, is called condensed matter nuclear science, he said

[diemos]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('TheAntiDoomer', 'T')hese reactions, formerly called cold fusion, are now referred to as

[Cog]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('TreeFarmer', 'L')udi;

Please don't put any faith in the supreme court no matter which bunch has the majority. The one thing the founding fathers misfigured on was that the federal courts would keep the federal government in check.

Someone please check this but I believe it was the liberal justices that let the town in Connecticut(?) eminent domain property so that they could sell it to a developer and get higher real estate taxes in return.

I really, really, really hate to say it but the day may be coming when we have a round of voting that is done with bullets instead of ballots.

TF

[copious.abundance]

LOL @ the title.

[Outcast_Searcher]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('ian807', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Outcast_Searcher', '
')It's no coincidence to me that by far, most of those who bash the most productive folks the most harshly (and espouse stealing nearly all their income) produce little of value for society to plunder themselves. Nice and convenient.

[PrestonSturges]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Outcast_Searcher', '
')
Every time I see a response like this, I wonder. Why don't you folks on the left who accuse businesses which want to make a profit on their ideas/products of being "greedy" crank up hugely profitable businesses of your own? ....
You may find out once you actually build something productive, or invent some great idea, that you would actually like to keep part of the fruits of your labor which you EARNED via dint of hard work.

It's no coincidence to me that by far, most of those who bash the most productive folks the most harshly (and espouse stealing nearly all their income) produce little of value for society to plunder themselves. Nice and convenient.

[TheAntiDoomer]

Sandia Announces Breakthrough in Nuclear Fusion Energy Generation

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/11 ... energy.php
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'R')esearchers at Sandia National Laboratories have announced a breakthrough that could lead to break-even nuclear fusion reactions within 2-3 years. The goal of nuclear fusion research is to make energy from sea water, producing only the harmless gas helium as a result of the fusion reaction. It is the holy grail of clean, sustainable energy, the same process that powers our sun.

The nuclear fusion efforts involve research at the cutting edge of physics, where one of the avenues of exploration goes by the name "Z-pinch" (which should gain the technique immediate street cred should it be successful). So what is a Z-pinch? And how could it power the future?

[PrestonSturges]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('TheAntiDoomer', 'S')andia Announces Breakthrough in Nuclear Fusion Energy Generation

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/11 ... energy.php
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'R')esearchers at Sandia National Laboratories have announced a breakthrough that could lead to break-even nuclear fusion reactions within 2-3 years. The goal of nuclear fusion research is to make energy from sea water, producing only the harmless gas helium as a result of the fusion reaction. It is the holy grail of clean, sustainable energy, the same process that powers our sun.

The nuclear fusion efforts involve research at the cutting edge of physics, where one of the avenues of exploration goes by the name "Z-pinch" (which should gain the technique immediate street cred should it be successful). So what is a Z-pinch? And how could it power the future?