Next Big Future: Lawrenceville Plasma Physics Raising Another Inves...: Lawrenceville Plasma Physics, Inc. (LPP) is a research and development corporation whose primary goal is the scientific demonstration and co...
Net fusion energy is like a tripod, and needs three conditions to stand (or in the LPP case, get more energy out than is lost). Despite FF-1’s low cost of less than $1M, the results LPP published showed FF-1 has achieved two out of three conditions—temperature and confinement time—needed for net fusion energy. If they were able to achieve the third net fusion energy condition, density, they could be within four years of beginning mass manufacture of 5 Megawatt electric Focus Fusion generators that would scale to meet all global energy demands at a projected cost 10 times less than coal. While we still must demonstrate full scientific feasibility, FF-1 already achieves well over 100 billion fusion reactions in a few microseconds.[emphasis added]
They've done this without government cheese, by the way.
Update:
Correction: Without much government cheese. They are seeking funding, but in my opinion, the opportunity here is startling huge. Why would nobody in the private sector be interested?
On the government front, too much money is going into unproductive areas. This requires little and can do much.
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