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our physics teacher at school (late 90s) already joked that "usable fusion power is only 30 years away, for 30 years in a row now"

• readthenotes1 2y ago
  A relative of mine told me that in 1960s they were saying fusion was only 10 years away
  • zamadatix 2y ago
    From people hearing about fission bombs (1945) to full scale commercial fission power plant (1957) was barely more than 10 years so fusion power plants must have already felt late in the mid 60s!
  • Cthulhu_ 2y ago
    It was an era of optimism, I see.