Or not. They don’t expect to have a working commercial reactor for a decade ...
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Ten years seems to be the magical number for scammers.
I agree. Like solar power, fusion always seems to be 10 years away. I wonder how much tax money they want to continue their development?
5 years for scammers. Ten years for dreamers.
10 years does sound familiar.
A university researcher I know sold his advanced battery technology he developed to GM for 3 million dollars. It was supposed to triple capacity of storage batteries above the best lead/acid technology, and be rechargeable in a fraction of the time required for anything on the market. The batteries were also lighter in weight than current available batteries.
It was going to revolutionize the battery industry and make electric cars cheaper than gasoline powered cars. Gm said they would have consumer versions available in about 10 years. This was in 1982.
At least the check cleared the bank.