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> rather than the previous "we have no idea if we'll ever be able to engineer this thing". We still have no idea if we'll ever be able to engineer this thing t
by manholio 4y ago
> rather than the previous "we have no idea if we'll ever be able to engineer this thing".
We still have no idea if we'll ever be able to engineer this thing to produce commercially useful energy. And we probably never will, for all interesting values of "never", the challenges are simply so massive.
- Robotbeat 4y agoWe have some idea, but wasn’t worth pursuing before we had achieved ignition: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser_Inertial_Fusion_Energy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser_Inertial_Fusion_Energy