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I don't begrudge the research, which I think will yield infinitely more benefit than the goal. But it's necessarily the wrong kind of fusion (D-T, unlike the s
by jacknews 7y ago
I don't begrudge the research, which I think will yield infinitely more benefit than the goal.
But it's necessarily the wrong kind of fusion (D-T, unlike the sun's fusion), and it won't be efficient, or clean, or cheap even when it "works".
The whole endeavor is pie-in-the-sky if you ask me, which reminds me, there is already a fusion reactor quite nearby that runs 24/7/365(.25), for the next few billion years. We should find better ways to harness it.
- willis936 7y agoDo you have any support to the claim that nucleosynthesis is preferred to D-T other than nature shows it working in the high gravity regime? Also do you have any support for the claims of inefficiency or cleanliness? Activated neutron wall materials have half lives in the ranges of days to 15 years, making storage less of an issue.