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But you can point out that the actual funding defeated even the optimistic predictions about the cost. I am merely pointing out that fusion did not happen, not
by Iv 7y ago
But you can point out that the actual funding defeated even the optimistic predictions about the cost.
I am merely pointing out that fusion did not happen, not because it is inherently difficult or because it is a mirage, but because we did not fund it appropriately.
> where is that in your chart?
Way off the right. Fusion was supposed to have been achieved before Windows 95 was out.
- pfdietz 7y agoThose projections were based on a scenario where tokamaks performed REALLY WELL, and a crash program to develop them was pursued. But the scaling of tokamaks turned out to be much less favorable than that scenario assumed, and even if it had been favorable that effort was ignoring engineering considerations like limits on wall power density. When that scenario was revealed to be a mirage, funding declined. Not sure why anyone would have expected otherwise.