[DannyTN]

[Defiant]

In before the picture of Doc.

[Bryan24]

20 Kelvin is still about -434 F

[Sherman Logan]

We’re just 30 years away from fusion power!

Have been since 1955.

[henkster]

[alloysteel]

Still holding out hope that the nuclear fusion theories will be put into practice. But always at some time frame out in the future, as the technology has not yet been invented.

Now if they can produce a superconductor that will retain its properties and integrity at maybe 30,000 degrees Celsius, there is a chance it could work.

So will perpetual motion.

TANSTAAFL. There ain’t no such thing as a free lunch.

Now for a power source that IS technologically possible, and in fact has been constructed, a Molten Salt Thorium-fueled nuclear fission reactor serves the near term far better. It has a lot of advantages, including flexibility in location, and in size, and it is capable of re-burning “spent” uranium fuel rods. In fact, there has to be some fissile uranium present in the fuel supply that is mainly thorium, to make the process work.

[M Kehoe]

May I suggest Mr. Kingham, that we send an expedition to the sun, led by algore and Sheila Jackson Lee to find the data you need?

5.56mm

[Doug Loss]

Yeah, yeah, another magnetic containment idea. There are other promising ways to approach fusion power generation, like inertial electrostatic confinement:

Inertial electrostatic confinement

Polywell

These aren't crazy ideas, they're being investigated by the Navy and LANL (Los Alamos National Laboratory) among others.