Tag Archives: energy crisis

Gulf Oil Disaster Deliberate?

Transocean says it will make a $270 million profit on the insurance policy for the rig [profit means over and above the replacement cost!!] This ‘profit’ is roughly the value of the rig itself, sounds like it must have been a very expensive policy. Hmmm. . . Transocean dejavue. . .who were they thirty-one years …

2010, May, 20 – 12:12 PM | By Philosopher Rex | Posted in Commentary, Disasters | Tagged , , , | Comments (0)

The late great Dr. Bussard

What people DON’T know about the state of fusion energy research, is going to affect their lives dramatically in a decades time and change the course of humanity forever. In the video link below, the late Dr. Bussard details the work of his company EMC2 corporation, which had been receiving funding from the US Navy …

2010, May, 19 – 3:05 AM | By Philosopher Rex | Posted in Commentary, Energy, Past & Future Energy, Polywell Fusion | Tagged , , , | Comments (0)

Is Fusion a sustainable process?

EMC2 Corp. (the polywell fusion guys) are working to discover if boron can be used as a fuel for nuclear fusion. As the boron cycle is aneutronic (no neutrons), electricity can be extracted directly and very efficiently (as opposed to generating steam and using steam turbines to generate power), hence I’m not going to consider …

2010, Jun, 27 – 6:40 PM | By Philosopher Rex | Posted in Polywell Fusion, Sustainability | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (1)

Tom Lignon tech talk on polywell

Tom Lignon was involved with Dr. Bussard’s company EMC2 Corp. for a few years before Dr. Bussard passed away. He has a very strong background with the technology and in these videos outlines the concept of the polywell reactor. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

2010, Jun, 26 – 4:16 AM | By Philosopher Rex | Posted in Polywell Fusion | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments (0)

A scientists view on ‘climate gate’ and the copenhagen treaty

I am a scientist (B.S in micro & molecular biology with many years working as a researcher). I once was solely in the Global warming camp, but this climate-gate stuff (the leaked email affair) is really making me most unhappy. Clearly: – there are some bad apples – there needs to be a thorough investigation. …

2009, Dec, 11 – 12:37 AM | By Philosopher Rex | Posted in Peak Oil | Tagged , , | Comments (0)