Is busy writing papers on quarks and colors at the moment.

If the writer knows as much about fusion as punctuation, I'm not optimistic.

Livermore NIF succeeded in fusion with net positive energy output. I recall reading the article on a BBC website. "Ignition" seemed to have a different definition and it was still a work in progress.

Yes. NIF got more energy out than they put in. But they are only counting the X-rays on the target.


You follow the energy needed for a NIF shot, it looks something like this:


Energy Drawn By NIF, From Grid ---> Energy in Capacitors ---> Laser Light Energy ---> X-ray Energy on Target


You lose energy at each step. It is horribly inefficient. In reality, NIF is not close to net power. Nowhere near close.


Ignition (a fusion chain reaction) would have helped.


But ignition has been predicted at 1 KJ, 5 KJ, 10 KJ, 100 KJ, 200 KJ and 1.8 MJ - on each occasion the ICF community has failed.


We have been funding this for 40 years.


It's WAY past time for a change. Climate change is not waiting on this - and fusion could really help the human race.


We need to fund alternatives, starting now. Right now.