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I agree we should spend on science but at this moment I would prefer to spend the money on fusion research.
by maxxxxx 8y ago
I agree we should spend on science but at this moment I would prefer to spend the money on fusion research.
- Symbiote 8y agoIn 2018, the EU proposed allocating €6bn to ITER, the international fusion reactor project in France. I can't find figures for the contributions from other countries, or whether the EU followed through with that. [1] https://ec.europa.eu/energy/en/topics/technology-and-innovation/iter-and-fusion-energy https://ec.europa.eu/energy/en/topics/technology-and-innovat...
- maxxxxx 8y agoI don't know if more money would help fusion. Maybe it just takes time to work through the issues and money won't speed up things. But if money would speed up things I would vote for that.
- mtgx 8y agoDoes ITER have any hope at all? Articles about ITER's promise seem to pop-up every time they need new funding like clockwork.
- XorNot 8y agoThey're building it and it's the first of it's kind. ITER isn't stuck - the building and it's contents are going up week by week. I visited the site when it was an interesting hole in the ground, and they've done a lot more since then. Also fun fact there's a spider that eats bats that lives in that area.
- maxxxxx 8y ago"Also fun fact there's a spider that eats bats that lives in that area. " Scary. What kind of spider is that? Or are the bats really small?
- Florin_Andrei 8y agoLet's make it both. Scrap plans for two future aircraft carriers, instead of just one.