{"id":5,"date":"2021-09-23T01:46:25","date_gmt":"2021-09-23T01:46:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sbprabooks.com\/williamwalling\/?page_id=5"},"modified":"2021-09-23T01:46:26","modified_gmt":"2021-09-23T01:46:26","slug":"the-stockholder","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sbprabooks.com\/williamwalling\/","title":{"rendered":"The Stockholder"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/sbprabooks.com\/williamwalling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1357\/2021\/09\/stocker2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6\" width=\"298\" height=\"447\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sbprabooks.com\/williamwalling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1357\/2021\/09\/stocker2.jpg 466w, https:\/\/sbprabooks.com\/williamwalling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1357\/2021\/09\/stocker2-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>A more immediate threat than climate change, the mid-21st-century energy dilemma inspires reclusive trillionaire Lyman Dysart \u23af called &#8220;The Stockholder&#8221; by his privately owned company employees \u23af to finance research and development of the ultimate energy solution: controlled nuclear fusion power generation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Plasma constituents of the patented &#8220;Omega Pinch&#8221; process are deuterium, which is plentiful, and the ultra-scarce, fusible helium isotope, found mainly on the moon. The isotope necessitates expensive strip-mining on the lunar surface.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Panic ensues in the minds and wallets of the OPEC\/conventional energy cartel led by Vonex Chairman Belkin Reichert, who brandishes behind-the-scenes political influence to suborn fusion&#8217;s advent by promoting solar energy, and eventually nationalization of the newborn industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The battle of wills climaxes when Dysart attempts to defeat nationalization by holding hostage his lunar mining venture and its crucial product.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His nuclear fusion propaganda campaign captures the public imagination by describing the innovative system as: &#8220;a plasma containment shell surrounded by huge cables, monstrous electromagnets and sophisticated ancillary equipment, at its heart a dervish of semi-vacuum burning so furiously that it emulates temperatures reigning at the center of the sun, yet gives forth no light, but presumes to light the world in a beneficent, utopian glow.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Stockholder-William-Walling\/dp\/1951530764\/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&amp;keywords=william+walling+the+stockholder&amp;qid=1632361244&amp;s=books&amp;sr=1-2\">Buy at Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/the-stockholder-william-walling\/1140153642?ean=9781951530754\">Buy at Barnes &amp; Noble<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sbpra.net\/book-orders\">Wholesale and Author Orders<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About the Author: <\/strong>A retired aerospace engineer at Lockheed, William Walling enjoyed a second career as a technical writer in Silicon Valley. He also published many works of science and historical fiction, and at age 94 was putting the finishing touches on <em>The Stockholder<\/em> when he passed away in January 2021. This final book is being published posthumously.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A more immediate threat than climate change, the mid-21st-century energy dilemma inspires reclusive trillionaire Lyman Dysart \u23af called &#8220;The Stockholder&#8221; by his privately owned company employees \u23af to finance research and development of the ultimate energy solution: controlled nuclear fusion power generation. 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