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Alternative to Tokamak Fusion Reactor

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the fun-with-government-spending dept.

Sterling D. Allan writes to tell us OpenSourceEnergy is reporting on a "far more feasible and profoundly less expensive approach to hot fusion". Inventor Eric Lerner's focus fusion process uses hydrogen and boron to combine into helium which gives off tremendous energy with a very small material requirement. Lerner's project apparently only requires a few million in capital investment which is a far cry from the $10 billion being spent on the Tokamak fusion project.

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  1. Re:Securing funding by Schemat1c · · Score: 1, Troll

    Why does this guy keep going to governments for funding? They have too many interests pulling them all over. Wouldn't it be better to strike a deal with an energy company? Go talk to Shell, or Exxon.

    I'm sorry but Shell, Exxon? That is the government.

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