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Fusors aren't room temperature. It looks like positive-return-on-energy fusion will almost certainly be achievable in 5-10 years, though it won't be commercial
by aqme28 6y ago
Fusors aren't room temperature.
It looks like positive-return-on-energy fusion will almost certainly be achievable in 5-10 years, though it won't be commercializable for a lot longer than that.
- garmaine 6y agoFusors are room temperature. It’s the electrical gradient which produces the reaction, not temperature.
- ben_w 6y agoThe ions thermalise very quickly even in a fusor; if they fused on the first collision rather than bouncing this whole thing would be much easier. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fusor#Thermalization_of_the_ion_velocities https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fusor#Thermalization_of_the_io... I do like how incredibly simple and easy fusors are compared to the other types of fusion reactor, but sadly they are still very very hot where it counts.