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> Very disappointed by the discourse in this HN thread. The same old quips over and over. To be fair, that's not entirely the fault of HN. It's hard to get exc
by deng 4y ago
> Very disappointed by the discourse in this HN thread. The same old quips over and over.
To be fair, that's not entirely the fault of HN. It's hard to get excited about fusion research when I almost always feel mislead, because it is almost never explicitly stated that we are talking about Q-plasma here. I don't expect much from science journalism, but I feel that the fusion scientists have no problem silently playing along this misconception, which they are perfectly aware of.
- limaoscarjuliet 4y agoPlus, this is about 10-th time in the last 10 years we are told "we are around the corner, clean energy will save us". Please tune down the message.
- fidelramos 4y agoI like how this graph describes why nuclear fusion technology always seems to be "just around the corner": https://imgur.com/a/59NO34a https://imgur.com/a/59NO34a
- cptaj 4y agoI really hate what hippies did to nuclear energy. We would've long solved the clean energy problem by now if they hadn't violently opposed anything with the word nuclear
- galuggus 4y agonuclear energy is an existential threat to the green movement
- bheadmaster 4y agogreen movement is an existential thread to nuclear energy
- fnordpiglet 4y agoIf they could explain how fusion energy can kill more people than fusion bombs funding would be unlimited.
- vixen99 4y agoA long history indeed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokamak https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokamak
- fnordpiglet 4y agoMaybe the corner is just a very long one, but one that’s so important to turn any material progress is important news? I think post scarcity is monumental.
- KingOfCoders 4y ago"but I feel that the fusion scientists have no problem silently playing along this misconception" That is the way to keep the money flowing. See "How close is nuclear fusion power?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJ4W1g-6JiY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJ4W1g-6JiY and (different area but about how high investment physics works, "just around the corner") https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qqEU1Q-gYE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qqEU1Q-gYE