Oh snap, I just got physics-pwned.
Seriously though, how far along are we with the polywell? That one in the picture doesn't look too big (without the vacuum chamber). It seems to work along the same principal as the sun (fusion, duh.) but with elemental substitutions (and the sun makes its own magnetic field). Why not just go doc-oc style and make a mini star? Would the light elements mean it would have to be huge to begin fusing?
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