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I mean, fusion energy is still 10 years out. Just like it was a decade ago.
by xracy 2y ago
I mean, fusion energy is still 10 years out. Just like it was a decade ago.
- ggm 2y ago20.
- sdenton4 2y agoFusion is only eight minutes out, and always has been...
- gravescale 2y agoThere's a graph somewhere (edit: here¹) which indicates that fusion within X years has been estimated to be roughly a fixed number of billion dollars (kilos of gold, whatever, insert unit of monetary value) away since forever, and it's not that it's getting endlessly futher away as time passes, it's just that functionally zero money has been spent on it, so it's just not getting any closer. In fact, that any progress has been made at all is testament to the tenacity of researchers who are operating on a fraction of the budget described as "fusion never". ¹: http://imgur.com/sjH5r http://imgur.com/sjH5r
- xracy 2y agoI mean, I guess that's a possibility, but it's also impossible to prove, and the graphs of "what might've been" are probably more likely to be incorrect than correct.