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You're absolutely right. And fusion does work. These issues are entirely human.
by willis936 5y ago
You're absolutely right. And fusion does work. These issues are entirely human.
- lisper 5y ago> fusion does work Right. That's why we have such a thriving fusion power industry.
- AitchEmArsey 5y agoIf you broaden the scope of the economy beyond about 1AU, we absolutely do have a thriving fusion power industry.
- oivey 5y agoI think the point he is making is that profitable fusion-based electricity generation isn’t a physics problem; it is an engineering problem. Engineering requires dealing with people in addition to physics.
- bdamm 5y agoHeavier than air flying machines? Epic failures across centuries led many to believe it was fundamentally impossible, despite Leonardo Da Vinci's math in the 16th century showing it was theoretically possible. The incandescent light bulb? At one time considered to be a securities fraud! The British parliament assembled a team of investigators to probe Edison's claims. History is full of inventions that seemed impossible until the dogged inventors made it work. Obviously not all fantastical inventions are possible, but fusion has plenty of evidence that points to its eventual possibility.
- kybernetikos 5y ago> The incandescent light bulb? At one time considered to be a securities fraud! The British parliament assembled a team of investigators to probe Edison's claims. I don't know this story, but maybe they were investigating patent infringement? Edison's work drew heavily on the much earlier work of British (and other) inventors and was patented after Joseph Swan's similar patent. Joseph Swan had demonstrated his practical bulb about 10 months before Edison applied for his patent, and was lighting private homes (e.g. Cragside) and theatres at about the same time Edison got going.