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For the last 40 years, fusion has always been one small technical problem away from being solved. Well, 40 years and millions and maybe billions of dollars late
by doggydogs94 9y ago
For the last 40 years, fusion has always been one small technical problem away from being solved. Well, 40 years and millions and maybe billions of dollars later, we really are no closer to having solved the fusion puzzle (i.e. containing and sustaining a fusion reaction as to be useful). I personally do not see this being solved before 2100.
- bayesian_horse 9y agoStill no reason to give up hope.
- chiefalchemist 9y agoThis is a conservative estimate: https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2018/03/09/mit-says-nuclear-fusion-practical-energy-source-less-than-two-decades-away/c4lWlIQFtFlgzzeFvuThVL/story.html https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2018/03/09/mit-says-nuc...
- chiefalchemist 9y agoFwiw a couple days after a renown expert said to me (in so many words) "soon...we can so this..." this happened: https://gizmodo.com/chinese-fusion-test-creates-90-million-f-for-102-secon-1757993374 https://gizmodo.com/chinese-fusion-test-creates-90-million-f... We built the bomb. We put human on the moon. But we can't do fusion? And it's the one we need most? To play on Thiel's quote, thank god Twitter doubled their character count. Now that's an amazing advance!!!
- chiefalchemist 9y agoOne more, from a couple days ago https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/mar/09/nuclear-fusion-on-brink-of-being-realised-say-mit-scientists https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/mar/09/nuclear-...