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tl;dr: A British politician suggested we are "within grasping distance" of using fusion for wide-scale power generation; the letter published in the Guardian ex
by einpoklum 2y ago
tl;dr: A British politician suggested we are "within grasping distance" of using fusion for wide-scale power generation; the letter published in the Guardian explains how significant challenges remain both with the core process and surrounding considerations. (i.e. letter explains why we are "30 years away" at least, not 3 years away)
- gerikson 2y agoNuclear fusion has been 3 decades away since as far as I can remember (I believe I first read about it in National Geographic in the late 70s or early 80s)
- flohofwoe 2y agoI seem to remember that in socialist Eastern Europe it was only always 15 years away ;)
- ChocolateGod 2y agothen in Deepseek like fashion China comes along and does it for 1/10th the cost and time. In the same time the UK has been arguing over a third runway at its biggest airport, China has built over 100 new airports (20 years).
- danparsonson 2y agoChina also has an order of magnitude more land available, and a fascist government. Arguing over squeezing a new runway into a built-up area is a good thing.
- einpoklum 2y agoYou will note I said "at least" rather than "at most" or "about" ;-) ... we're all familiar with the phrase I believe