Author: Dave

President Bush: Today’s action in the House does only one thing: it delays the delivering of vital resources for our troops. A narrow majority has decided to take this course, just as General Petraeus and his troops are carrying out a new strategy to help the Iraqis secure their capital city. H/T Hot Air via…

Thanks to Eric at Classical Values I have come across some very interesting numbers about CO2. Let us start at the beginning. Before the advent of fuel burning industry the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere was 288 parts per million (ppm). By the year 2000 man had added 11.88 ppm to that total and…

I have just started an IEC Fusion newsgroup. IEC stands for Inertial Electrostatic Confinement. Devices like the Farnsworth Fusor or Dr Bussard’s Polywell machine. It will cover technology. Research advances (or set backs). Financing more research. etc. For starters here is a message from the second person to join the group Tom Ligon: MSimon, you…

Popular Science looks at Thiago Olson’s fusion reactor. How did he do it? Olson pored over graduate-level physics textbooks, studied vacuum-pump manufacturers’ manuals, and scoured the Web for cheap parts. Though mostly self-taught, he occasionally solicited advice on a fusion Web site. Once, he posted photos of a cheap photomultiplier tube he’d bought online because…

I have been going hot and heavy on the Bussard Fusion Reactor. I think it is time to present the other side. DNA India reports: ITER is ‘the way’ to the future of energy. Well I don’t believe it. I think ITER (The International Thermonuclear Energy Reactor) is doing wonderful physics. The chances for a…

Using children as decoys is not the worst part. They killed the kids. Canada’s National Post reports Children used as decoy in Iraq bombing WASHINGTON — A U.S. general Tuesday said Iraqi insurgents used children in a suicide attack this weekend, raising worries that the insurgency has adopted a new tactic to get through security…

I have been obsessed the last couple of days with the Bussard Fusion Reactor. While reading around I have gotten the most depressing news. What if the Chinese get there first? Or the Russians. There is a lot of technical stuff in the article and Dr. Bussard talks about why raising funds is so hard.…

As many of my readers know, I have become obsessed with the Bussard Fusion Reactor. There is a bit of amateur scientist in me so I’ve been on the look out for general directions for making a fusion reactor in a garage or basement. So far 18 amateurs have replicated this experiment. You could be…

I just came across this over at the Netscape blog. This is amazing news, a high school student name Thiago Olson managed to build a fully-functioned nuclear fusion reactor in just 2 years. There are a number of non believers. However, the first such device of this kind was built in 1959. Since then there…

The video starts a little way in. This is video from the march on DC yesterday. Made me cry and cheer. Commenters at Captains Quarters say the Eagles outnumbered the defeatists by 5 to 1 or more. Lots of rough 60 year old hombres on our side. Read the comments. Thanks to SoldiersMom for the…

There is a site up to collect donations to make the Bussard Fusion Reactor a reality. If you are interested have a look at EMC2 Fusion. I have no idea how reputable the organization is so you might want to look into that before sending money. They do have some nice pictures of Dr. Bussard’s…

Robert A. Levy is the man who beat the Washington DC gun ban. Meet Robert A. Levy, staunch defender of the Second Amendment, a wealthy former entrepreneur who said he has never owned a firearm and probably never will. “I don’t actually want a gun,” Levy said by phone last week from his residence, a…

Instapundit says that we will need coal, oil, and natural gas for some time even if some one invents Mr. Fusion tomorrow. Which is true. However, Mr. Fusion was invented yesterday (several years ago actually). It was invented by Dr Robert Bussard formerly of the AEC fusion office. He did the work under a Naval…

I have been having an ongoing discussion at Jane Galt about climate change. The discussion has been wide ranging, but what I want to focus on is the input data for the climate models and some of the problems with the models themselves. I’m going to reprise my remarks here with block quotes. Block quotes…

Hootsbuddy’s Place has a look at how doctors prescribe psychoactive drugs. Not a pretty picture. As Hootsbuddy says: This remarkable young woman is changing the way I look at people, medicine and just about everything else. So go read the whole thing. Cross Posted at Power and Control and at The Astute Bloggers

The New York Times has an excellent report on the dead end of the Palestinian fight to destroy Israel. Even victories like expelling all Israelis from Gaza look like defeats. “It was always our choice to be fuel for the struggle,” he said. “But our problem now is that the car burns the youth as…

I put up a piece a couple of days ago called Leftism Is where I said: Leftism is the elevation of fear and anger over courage. I note that today I have recieved the most marvelous anonymous comment. … and rightism is… fascism? trampling on everything is sight just because you can? adrenaline-fueled ego trip?…

I have been pounding the drum for a while about the likely aftermath of leaving Iraq. There are many bad possibilities and some worse ones. So who comes to support my position? The ever reliably left Los angeles Times. Congress should not hinder Bush’s ability to seek the best possible endgame to this very bad…

Yep it is terrible. Gasoline is slated to rise from 34¢ a gallon to 43¢ a gallon in Iran. Iranians are bracing themselves for a fresh round of belt tightening after their government voted to impose petrol rationing coupled with sharp rises in the price of fuel. The rationing system will limit Iranians to 22…

I have just read the most amazing report. UNIFIL – the UN forces in Lebanon – want to go after Hizballah. UNIFIL would like a more aggressive mandate for its forces to engage Hizbullah on their own, The Jerusalem Post has learned. After last summer’s war in Lebanon and the passing of UN Security Council…