January 15, 2007
Bussard's Fusion
I recently stumbled upon this while looking for something else, and has a nice time procrastinating by reading through it. Bussard (of the Bussard Ramjet fame) has been working for the last 12 years on a practical fusion device, quite different from the Tokamak. Frankly, after reading it, I really don't understand the physics behind it, but I found it fascinating to read nonetheless.
It is one of those things which seems like a reasonable thing to spend R&D money on. If it works, it changes everything. If it doesn't, we still learn a great deal about the physics involved.
The original video of the presentation "Should Google go nuclear?" is here.
Posted by elkaim at January 15, 2007 11:27 PM