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_Jim's avatar
Jun 17Edited

I'm wondering how much in the way of "stranded assets" the nuclear (and other) power/energy industries (and investors) are going to experience (and suffer?) when the SunCell (tm) tech takes off ... I could see hybrid power/energy solution as in commercial AC power augmented by SunCells or vice versa for the first few years.

The investment in SMR (small modular reactors) is presently underway, I'm curious if the folks investing and endeavoring in that area have any concept of what may lie ahead given Dr. Mills extensive research and development efforts; will the SMR folks be blinded-sided with a commercial launch of the SunCell, frozen in disbelief, and perhaps the financial-backer types would be moved to make the BrLP shareholders offers (for their stock) they can't (hardly) refuse?

Hydrogen Revolution's avatar

In present value terms, I think the value of assets made obsolete by the SunCell is in the many trillions. If the device fulfills its promise, every central gen power plant, all electrical grids, and much of our hydrocarbon infrastructure are either greatly devalued or worthless.

I think virtually everyone is going to be blindsided by the SunCell. For a host of reasons, there are only a handful of people, likely less than 1,000 the world over, who really understand the SunCell for what it is. Most people haven't even heard of BLP.

I think there are a lot of power startups in the fission and fusion spaces that are doing very interesting things, but not a single one can come remotely close to competing with a commercialized SunCell even under the best of circumstances. I would expect funding to largely dry up once there is widespread awareness of the SunCell.

qwerty90615's avatar

The stranded assets will be historic, but what about when suddenly academics and others are then forced to take GUTCP seriously? Heads would roll at many institutions for their failure to properly assess the mountain of evidence that was being assembled by Dr. Mills, et al. The wasted investments will become understood to be primarily those wasted decades developing and defending SQM, a waste of time that Einstein and many (most) other great contemporaneous scientists, including Schrodinger himself, recognized as foolishness.

David Richard's avatar

You might think that the Hydrino alone will be the news that will set everything on fire, but GUTCP and its teaching will cause the real paradigm shift when it’s accepted.

Robert Danford's avatar

With all of the data center construction and plans for massive data centers in the works, someone (many someones) must know something? Who in their right mind would commit so much $$ and resources to these things if they don't know where the power will come from?

I find it interesting that Trump Media is deeply invested in fusion technology, and now Bill Gates has thrown his hat into the ring. Iran was likely a major obstacle that had to be dealt with before a new global energy source could be announced?

One things for certain, we live in interesting times!

Greyham Dawes's avatar

Very encouraging news, and high time, too, in view of the global oil-markets jitters of late ...

qwerty90615's avatar

A soon public demo would make sense because Dr. Mills said that the pump problem was the last big problem and it was solved. Perhaps he was overly optimistic?

A commercial product requires the photovoltaic array, but it isn't required for a convincing public demo. A few qualified witnesses with recently calibrated test equipment (preferably their own), as Dr. Mills has provided in previous demos, such as James Pugh and Dr. Ethirajulu Dayalan, both at ENSER Corporation, and Professor Glumac at U of Illinois, would be most welcome, IMO.

Hydrogen Revolution's avatar

I'm not sure what the gating item for the public demo is. It sure sounds like it is imminent. I've heard that Dr. Mills has someone specific with excellent credentials in mind to serve as the 3rd party validator. Unsure as to who though. Ideally we would get 3 or 4 validators.

qwerty90615's avatar

I'd be thrilled with a validated 10 minute high power, high gain run. A possible problem is that many others would be, as well, creating an ongoing publicity circus.

Hydrogen Revolution's avatar

I think BLP could do a 10 minute high power high gain run today. I 100% agree that there is going to be a massive publicity circus!