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What if I told you commercially viable fusion power has been 10 years away for the last 40 years? What if I told you it always will be? Investment in something
by more_corn 4y ago
What if I told you commercially viable fusion power has been 10 years away for the last 40 years? What if I told you it always will be?
Investment in something that might not pay off is wise if it does, and foolish if it doesn’t.
- orzig 4y agoI think the people who said “10 years away “we’re assuming it would get actual serious investment. I would argue that this is year 1
- adhesive_wombat 4y agoIndeed, fusion has never been a certain number of years away, it's only ever been number of billions of dollars away, as projected here [1]. Though, luckily, it looks like that was a little over-pessimistic: it's not like the field has been sitting on its thumbs despite having, in terms relative to the potential, negligible funding: [2]. [1]: https://imgur.com/3vYLQmm.png https://imgur.com/3vYLQmm.png [2]: https://phys.org/news/2021-11-unveiling-steady-fusion-energy-gain.html https://phys.org/news/2021-11-unveiling-steady-fusion-energy...