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It means practical fusion power, which has been 20 years away for the last 60 years, will now be just 10 years away for the next 30 years.
by cainxinth 4y ago
It means practical fusion power, which has been 20 years away for the last 60 years, will now be just 10 years away for the next 30 years.
- trhr 4y agoFollowed, of course, by being 5 years away for the next hundred years. Big oil is much more competent adversary than science.
- MichaelZuo 4y agoWell not even that, there isn't even a roadmap to improve laser efficiency 100x Even a 90% efficient high powered laser is way beyond fusion in terms of technical difficulty.
- pdabbadabba 4y agoBut am I wrong in thinking that it’s conceivable that we could see a further doubling in Q-plasma? If that happens, perhaps along with significant-but-plausible improvement in laser efficiency, then things could start to look fairly promising.
- MichaelZuo 4y agoDid you reply to the wrong comment?
- pdabbadabba 4y agoNope! My point was that your comment assumes no further increase in Q-plasma. But the experience of the last few years suggest that there’s reason to hope that won’t be the case. We can come at the problem from both sides.
- crispyambulance 4y agoDidn't someone the same thing about atomic power back in the middle ages? But that's OK, fusion is a hard thing to do outside of a star. It may take decades longer for it to be practical but doesn't the potential return on investment make it worthwhile to keep working on it now?
- cainxinth 4y agoI just want to say, I thought this was a very funny joke by me.