Thursday, May 18, 2023

Chat bots have their limitations

Chat bots have their limitations


Chat bots have their uses. These things can scour the web for answers to questions, provided that the answers are available. With respect to the questions about Focus Fusion, there doesn't seem to be many answers, if any. That's because the final answer seems to be that nobody knows the answer. Consequently, it isn't on the web, and the chat bot cannot get the answer. The question for the chat bot was "why this couldn't work".

Somewhere along the line, somebody decided that the dense plasma focus method of fusion won't deliver the results desired. But why not, was my question. Nobody really knows. Perhaps it is because nobody kept at the problem until it was solved. It was said that it doesn't scale up, but why not? nobody knows.

Nobody tried it yet with boron, but that is next for LPP Fusion. LPP Fusion expects that this will scale up because it will increase the density. Density increases temperature and yield. As for Bremsstalung radiation, it gets stuck in mix somehow. Quantum effects, perhaps? I may have gotten it all mixed up.

This is not my bag, so I don't have any answers or even any ideas. LPP Fusion is going ahead with their work until they get the answers. They just need the money. The Wefunder campaign seems to be going well. They are past the half way point of their goal for this fundraiser. Once that is achieved, and it has been, then there will be a lot more publicity. The process can be accelerated, and they'll presumably have enough money to go forward with their experiments.

You know, LPP Fusion must be flying under the radar, so to speak. It is really on a shoestring, once you compare funding levels with the other competitors. Just a little bit of money here could go a long, long way. Perhaps because of it being a smaller operation, it doesn't get the attention. That could present an opportunity for investors. It seems really foolish to miss out on it at this level. If LPP Fusion succeeds at proving scientific feasibility, this investment could go to the moon. Talking about getting in on the ground floor.

LPP Fusion says that it would cost only a half cent per kilowatt hour for electrical energy from this device. Perhaps the final cost would be higher, but at 1/2 cent, that is pretty cheap. Imagine charging up your Tesla with this thing. If it is a couple cents at retail, a "fill up" would cost maybe a buck and a half. For that, you could drive 300 miles. That could be a really big deal. It would blow gas powered cars out the water from a cost standpoint.

And that would only be the beginning. Low cost energy could enable a host of processes to become cheaper. Recycling could be cheaper too. The reason that some things cannot be recycled is the cost of energy to do it. If the cost of energy goes down, a lot of recycling can become economical. The downstream effects of this technology can indeed change the world.

But it can't happen without the bucks. There was a saying in the space business that went like this: No bucks, no Buck Rogers. The beauty of this thing is that it won't take that many bucks, but it does need some.

This started out with chat bots, so I rambled on a bit. Well, excuuuuse me, said Steve Martin. Time to go.

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