[Newsbot]

Title: Fusion power only years away: B.C. company
Category: Tech
Posted By: Hyack
Date: 2009-01-24 21:32:29
Canadian

[Canadian_Mind]

Huh, sounds interesting. Would be a perk for Canada's environmental rep. if we are the first country to utilise fusion power.

[ridenrain]

Ballard was supposed to change the world too and with millions and millions of government grants, we got a handfull of busses.

Mark me down as dubious.

[sandorski]

i hope it works out.

So the question now is: What will be first? Black Hole or Sun?

[ziggy]

I just ordered a perpetual motion machine off e bay,should cure my energy woe's.

[llama66]

so, are they talking about "cold fusion" or just fusion? because I thought fusion generated too much heat...

[ziggy]

llama66 llama66:

so, are they talking about "cold fusion" or just fusion? because I thought fusion generated too much heat...

The article says nuclear fusion but I'll translate it for you.

Govt. grants.

That was easy,the global warming bandwagon isnt looking like a good field to be in any more so the free power one is.

[martin14]

The Europeans have been pumping billions into fusion for years,
and although they are getting closer, its not there yet.

$1:

They have produced a small device at only $800,000, and have their sights set on the next stage of the project at $50 million, said Richardson.

methinks they are looking for investment money

[ziggy]

Geothermal.lets start drilling holes into the earths innards and pumping the hot water to surface and running turbines.

[llama66]

ziggy ziggy:

llama66 llama66:

so, are they talking about "cold fusion" or just fusion? because I thought fusion generated too much heat...

The article says nuclear fusion but I'll translate it for you.

Govt. grants.

That was easy,the global warming bandwagon isnt looking like a good field to be in any more so the free power one is.

very good. It would be awesome if this Tech turns out. but then again Nuclear power was supposed to be cheap and safe too... I'd hate to see a Chernobyl 2.0 with a fusion reactor.

[llama66]

ziggy ziggy:

Geothermal.lets start drilling holes into the earths innards and pumping the hot water to surface and running turbines.

Geothermal works well for Iceland, I'm sure we could make it work here in Canada, although we'd need a geologically active zone to really have a go at it. I'd like to see Tidal power given a shot, we have some of the largest tides on earth in the Bay of Fundy and Ungava Bay, why not harness some of that power?

[ziggy]

llama66 llama66:

ziggy ziggy:

llama66 llama66:

so, are they talking about "cold fusion" or just fusion? because I thought fusion generated too much heat...

The article says nuclear fusion but I'll translate it for you.

Govt. grants.

That was easy,the global warming bandwagon isnt looking like a good field to be in any more so the free power one is.

very good. It would be awesome if this Tech turns out. but then again Nuclear power was supposed to be cheap and safe too... I'd hate to see a Chernobyl 2.0 with a fusion reactor.

BC has enough coal bed methane that they should be a major exporter,they should exploit that before it seeps into the atmosphere,best to burn it and turn into harmless co2.

[ziggy]

The earth warms to a certain temp when you go down no matter where you are.
No geologicaly active zones needed.

[Bruce_the_vii]

I saw a video on "impulse fusion". A small torus a foot across creates a magnetic field that causes a fusion reaction on an electric impulse. The difference is they think the force field might be synergetic and trap electrons and super heat. Theoretical pyhsicists say that's the way quazars work. Normally the electrons just stream out. Something like that. The promise is a cheap fusion device. If I find the link I'll post it.

[llama66]

10 degrees for every 100 feet, if I remember correctally.
the active zones usually mean the magma is closer to the surface, it just may make GeoTherm more financially attractive to Government/Investors, as we save on some of the drilling costs.