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Note that seven years ago, Helion said they were three years away from energy positive fusion. Today, they say they're... Three years away from energy positiv
by aetherson 5y ago
Note that seven years ago, Helion said they were three years away from energy positive fusion. Today, they say they're... Three years away from energy positive fusion.
- ncmncm 5y agoThey said they were three years away given investment, which they did not get. Now they have the investment they said, then, such progress would depend upon. Tokamak eating all the fusion research capital has much to answer for. The only sense I can find in Tokamak exclusivity is that aneutronic fusion research does not maintain employment of a population of hot-neutron physicists that weapons work would need to draw on.
- tim333 5y agoThe SPARC/ARC thing seems to make sense as a research project. I'm not sure ITER is a good use of funds though.
- ncmncm 5y agoI am dead certain ITER is not a good use of funds. At least, for any public goal. Certainly the people--military contractors, mainly, I expect--whose pockets the $billions are going into may be justified in considering it a good use. Not a single penny disappears; each goes into somebody's account.