Hi SM,

While it is nice to contemplate fusion as a source of energy - the fusion concept - that the sun is a big fusion furnace is erroneous.

Hans Bethe in '49 Postulated this little bit of guesswork. It has held because of the lack of any popular alternative which could explain the phenomenon and energy output of a star.

Fusion experts have for years tossed around the term "harness the power which fuels the sun." Unfortunately fusion is not that process.

Take for example the "neutron" star posted by Marcia on the space page...

<A HREF="http://chandra.harvard.edu/press/02_releases/press_041002.html>New matter

This finding confounds the theory of the neutron star:

By combining Chandra and Hubble Space Telescope data, astronomers found that RX J1856 radiates like a solid body with a temperature of 1.2 million degrees Fahrenheit (700,000 degrees Celsius) and has a diameter of about seven miles (11.3 kilometers). This size is too small to reconcile with standard models for neutron stars -- until now the most extreme form of matter known.

This 7-1/2 mile wide glob of energy is not fusing at all. It is a demodulating nucleus of an immense vortex of energy. Its temperature and emissions are not regulated by fusion but by a mathematical demodulation of energy between spectra.

The new matter isn't what they have to be on the look out for - it's a whole new SPECTRA of energy which oscillates in unfathomable speeds and which under proper conditions - demodulates some of its energy into our spectra via stars and other vortical funnels of energy.

Our universe is a great big vortex of energy spinning around - in this vortex are countless other vortexes of energy in flux. The tiny atom and its particles are vortices - the planets, the stars and the galaxies all are manifestations of these energy flows.

So to get back to the point - fusion is NOT the way this energy is released in stars. The star is more akin to a polarized region which aligns trace elements in space until they start to generate their own field. They tap the huge motions of energy in space.

Once the star is fully formed by this frequency relationship and polarized particles, forming matter from energy, it becomes more like a radioactive element with a given half-life, as its atoms channel great energy in a demodulation process.

This is why stars emissions are CYCLIC.

Fusion is not cyclic it
is a chain reaction!

This is why the sun is STABLE.

Fusion reactions are unstable.

This is why there needs be no containment of a star...because it is not fusing - it is demodulating. It is the nucleus and like a nucleus - it is not contained but is rather an integral component of the greater field of energy.

If we want to harness the sun's force of energy - we would be attempting to demodulate higher isotopes into lower isotopes through some coaxing process and collecting the energy residuals emitted during the change...

...we would NOT be trying to smash two atoms together.

All these fusion projects are a waste of time - they will NOT be producing power in 50 years or 50,000 years.

But don't bother trying to explain that to any of these folks working on fusion. They would have to collect a check somewhere else. A career in fusion is lifelong - because you will go from failed project to failed project, put in your time and collect your check.

Best wishes,

SDAI-Tech1