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Very negative take here: To me it looks like premature optimization, some politicians, mathematicians or engineers wet dream, a design that by today is probably
by 7373737373 6y ago
Very negative take here: To me it looks like premature optimization, some politicians, mathematicians or engineers wet dream, a design that by today is probably known to be suboptimal, that probably caused millions if not billions of euros of unexpected costs, and tens of thousands of hours of migraine for the people who actually have to run and maintain the thing
- Fordec 6y agoLiterally the primary goal is optimising the technology enough to get more energy out than energy in. Without that singular goal achieved the field has no purpose at all. It's not like theres already workable systems and they're just focusing on pushing the levels a step further just because.
- MauranKilom 6y agoThis design overcomes one of the fundamental problems with the Tokamak style fusion reactors. It's like choosing quick sort over bubble sort. And yes, the difference here matters.