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This video by Sabine Hossenfelder has tempered my expectations. How close is nuclear fusion power? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJ4W1g-6JiY https://www.y

• ncmncm 5y ago
  She is talking about Tokamak, particularly, which really is a dead end. But a minuscule fraction of the spend is giving plasma fluid dynamics physicists work experience, so it is not all totally wasted. Maybe some more of it is going to superconducting magnets, which ought to be useful for something someday.