tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post306393315956297349..comments2024-03-28T08:06:43.198-04:00Comments on The Silicon Graybeard: I've Heard This Song BeforeSiGraybeardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-58045579712939912732015-10-16T18:56:06.683-04:002015-10-16T18:56:06.683-04:00But when the glorious day arrives, we'll still...But when the glorious day arrives, we'll still be using fusion instead of fission to boil water, right? Or am I missing something about the wondrous fusion energy emissions? (Not an engineer, so don't laugh at me too hard, please)Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09800106790176447938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-28929273152938959282015-10-04T09:01:03.940-04:002015-10-04T09:01:03.940-04:00Good to see the man in the lower right corner is w...Good to see the man in the lower right corner is wearing his obligatory reflective vest....but what's with the nonchalant pose?Differhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15581662615586346808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-90184888405127100052015-10-03T18:58:57.199-04:002015-10-03T18:58:57.199-04:00I can't make out the middle of the graphic. Th...I can't make out the middle of the graphic. There is a little too much smoke in the mirrors.Reg Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14099612693763932005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-50033423340089783432015-10-03T16:51:54.225-04:002015-10-03T16:51:54.225-04:00It's a bit like the sign outside the Pub - &qu...It's a bit like the sign outside the Pub - "Good ales, given away free tomorrow".<br /><br />When you go back the next day, the sign still says "Good ales, given away free tomorrow".<br /><br />I remember when nuclear power stations were first introduced in the UK (Calder Hall, which was renamed Whinscale, then Sellafield) that electricity would be so cheap that new houses would not have light switches because the cost of the switch would far exceed any savings in the cost of the electricity used.<br /><br />I'm still waiting for my Windswept, sun drenches Ingrid Bergmann kiss .. (reference here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUa1Ia6vvhI ). And the free electricity ...<br /><br />Phil B<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-82464080886376659722015-10-03T10:44:08.349-04:002015-10-03T10:44:08.349-04:00I remember this vaporware from the 70's too. L...I remember this vaporware from the 70's too. Lockheed is working on a mini fusion reactor right now. I will be very surprised if that ever produces anything.EricNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05032785464061498419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-35271385944698000942015-10-03T01:21:59.226-04:002015-10-03T01:21:59.226-04:00We're just 20 years from commercially viable f...We're just 20 years from commercially viable fusion.<br /><br />I think I've been hearing that for at least 30 years.<br /><br />An older friend tells me that it used to be 25 years, 40 years ago.<br /><br />I guess that's progress...Angus McThaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09295013525738248801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-51467906375584408102015-10-02T23:59:57.019-04:002015-10-02T23:59:57.019-04:00Oh, groan....looks like yet another variation of a...Oh, groan....looks like yet <i>another</i> variation of a Tokamak.<br /><br />BTW....where's my Flying Car??drjimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05647484115197408897noreply@blogger.com