Fusion Links

[VLSmooth]

Mentioned this to George a during Peijen's birthday party. I wonder how much validity this has, if any.

Here are the links:

• Slashdot : 2007-10-12 : Dr. Bussard Passes Away, Polywell Fusion Continues
• Slashdot : 2007-04-23 : Bussard Gets Navy Funding For Fusion Research
• Slashdot : 2006-11-18 : Should Google Go Nuclear?
• Google TechTalk : 2006-11-09 : Should Google Go Nuclear? Clean, cheap, nuclear power (no, really) ( 1:32:37 )
• Wiki : Robert W. Bussard
• Wiki : Bussard Ramjet

When googling for the above, I managed to find some more recent fusion talks. I think this is related (since the Navy funding link matches) but I haven't read/watched these links

• Slashdot : 2007-10-27 : Focus Fusion On Google Tech Talks

  Asked a Plasma Physicist About This (Score:5, Interesting)
  by BlackGriffen (521856) Alter Relationship on Saturday October 27, @05:41PM (#21143503)
  He said it was crackpot. I didn't try to get him to go into details, but he basically mentioned the same stuff you did - stellarators, etc. What's more, there is the crack-pottery in the clip about how all the people in the field are in a conspiracy to deny his idea funding. I know these people - you might find some or even a majority who would be so unscrupulous, but nowhere near enough to maintain such a conspiracy. So, I would tend to think that you're right.
  
  Basically, this guy is probably guilty of exactly what he accuses the rest of the fusion community of - he's fixated on his idea. He apparently won funding from the navy [slashdot.org], so there's a chance his group could prove me wrong, and I hope that they do, but I doubt it.

• Google TechTalk : 2007-10-03 : Focus Fusion: The Fastest Route to Cheap Clean Energy ( 1:04:05)
• Focus Fusion Home Page