Again, stay in school. You are gravely mistaken.blue said:
Fusion Reactors: China Steps It Up!
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china´s per capita and human development index might not be high... but they are 1.3 billion people.. so it adds up to enough to be the 2nd economy of the world.blue said:
at their current economic growth.. their gdp would double every 9-10 years, in about 12-13 years at the current growth rate its economic output will surpase the US.
valve bouncer said:Well duh, as if that isn't obvious to even the most casual of obsevers..
<---- still stunned that Reactor hasn't put his 2 bobs worth in on this thread.:love:
I've been busy, I'm only looking at the monkey about once or twice a week. I'm starting to settle in at the new job and things are starting to ease up a little.
I'm very excited about the prospect of having ANY country build a sustainable power producing fusion reactor. If any country does it, others will be forced to follow. If multiple countries start producing a sizable amount of power from fusion...well it will have all sorts of political ripples, some good some bad. We can start getting the world off it's hydrocarbon diet, reduce the leverage of oil producing countries, reduce the cost of oil. It could also cause political instability in the countries currently exporting oil.
I haven't read anything on the ITER or Chinese projects. My engineering days are a long time ago, about the time Reagan, and my expertise is in fissionables. So I can't really comment on the technical aspects of the project. IF only the US had put $400 billion into energy research instead of "Political research" in Iraq.
Q1.25 doesn't really seem useful - but great from a research standpoint.
UPDATE:
China are starting test burns (dscharges) on their reactor (the EAST reactor) in July. They report they have finished all the necassary 'engineering adjustments'.
They have also fully signed up to the ITER project too and will be paying 10% of the bill.
China are starting test burns (dscharges) on their reactor (the EAST reactor) in July. They report they have finished all the necassary 'engineering adjustments'.
They have also fully signed up to the ITER project too and will be paying 10% of the bill.
I still dont see whats wrong with fission.
