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> It’s a good thing fusion is only 20 years away. Is it? This sounds exciting. Can you say more?
by maybelsyrup 5y ago
> It’s a good thing fusion is only 20 years away.
Is it? This sounds exciting. Can you say more?
- belval 5y agoIt's just an old "joke", fusion has been 20 years away for the last 40 years or something like that.
- etrabroline 5y agoThe Sparc/Arc project in the US https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=mit+sparc+dennis+whyte https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=mit+sparc+denni... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SPARC_(tokamak) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SPARC_(tokamak) and the STEP project in the UK https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spherical_Tokamak_for_Energy_Production https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spherical_Tokamak_for_Energy_P... Both are very promising, and unlike all previous experiments, if their core design goals are met they would quickly lead to commercialization, quite plausibly within 20 years.