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minus-squareCaptainSpaceman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-22 months agoFusion is coming, who cares about He3? SK had a 45 sec reaction, we might actually be less than 20 years away from net positive energy. Well, it would be except it isnt a money making energy source so TPTB will only fund space miners instead.
minus-squareHalcyon@discuss.tchncs.decakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoITER will not be having the first full fusion before 2040. And that’s just a prototype for science, it will not be a fusion power plant for generating energy for the public grid. So: fusion is still not very near.
minus-squareIchNichtenLichten@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoI wish this canard that fusion is right around the corner would die, we’re nowhere near. Where are people like OP getting their information from?
Fusion is coming, who cares about He3?
SK had a 45 sec reaction, we might actually be less than 20 years away from net positive energy.
Well, it would be except it isnt a money making energy source so TPTB will only fund space miners instead.
ITER will not be having the first full fusion before 2040. And that’s just a prototype for science, it will not be a fusion power plant for generating energy for the public grid. So: fusion is still not very near.
I wish this canard that fusion is right around the corner would die, we’re nowhere near. Where are people like OP getting their information from?