I think lobbyists from all the energy companies will do all they can to delay or prevent its implementation

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Fri 6 Mar 2015, 13:25, 2 replies, latest was 10 years ago)

I don't think so, the energy companies own the infrastructure to transfer the power around so they'll still get paid.
Oil and gas companies will be a problem.
(PsychoChomp, Fri 6 Mar 2015, 13:26, Reply)

No they don't.

(Baggenfrock get fucked, Fri 6 Mar 2015, 13:30, Reply)

Well someone owns and maintains them.

(PsychoChomp, Fri 6 Mar 2015, 13:34, Reply)

so the energy suppliers won't push back against this
because somebody else owns the energy delivery infrastructure?

Super
(old man river possible lesbian, Fri 6 Mar 2015, 13:43, Reply)

I thought the Energy companies owned the power plants.
If they could replace their expensive to man and run power plants with cheaper to run fusion plants why wouldn't they? Same way a car factory will put robots on the production line rather than welders.
(PsychoChomp, Fri 6 Mar 2015, 13:47, Reply)

I hope they're right, and the Skunk Works guys do have a reputation for achieving what was once thought impossible
Would potentially make the Gulf States all but bankrupt pretty quickly though?

The US is trying it's best to be energy independent (hence all the shale oil/gas exploration recently), and if it did get fusion, a lot of other countries would suddenly have a lot less money.......might make for a very different world.
(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Fri 6 Mar 2015, 13:52, Reply)

Electricity is useful for heat and light....
...and, once we've found efficient ways to store it for when we need it, transport. However, as a chemical feedstock for industry it's utterly useless. Oil will never be obsolete as a commodity.
(Captain Placid 24/7 ball gags, brownie mix and clown porn, Fri 6 Mar 2015, 13:59, Reply)

eh

( d.r._and_quinch when will you be famous?, Fri 6 Mar 2015, 14:03, Reply)

You'd cut it more than in half I would think.
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(PsychoChomp, Fri 6 Mar 2015, 14:09, Reply)

Agreed
However, instead of cat-cracking heavier fractions to get the lighter ones (E:G Gasoline and the lighter Olefins) you would use the heavier fractions themselves as feedstock for the Chemical and Plastics industries. Plastics would get cheaper and the Arabs would lose their wealth. Win-win
(Captain Placid 24/7 ball gags, brownie mix and clown porn, Fri 6 Mar 2015, 14:13, Reply)

Plus assuming "free" electricity a lot of recycling would become economically viable.

(PsychoChomp, Fri 6 Mar 2015, 14:16, Reply)

Well here's the website about it.
www.lockheedmartin.co.uk/us/products/compact-fusion.html
A lot of it is marketing guff.

Still yes if they get it to work it would change everything, shipping container size generators working at 100MW means that the biggest ships could carry on one trip generators for 10 million people.
(PsychoChomp, Fri 6 Mar 2015, 14:05, Reply)

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( hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Fri 6 Mar 2015, 13:27, Reply)