NUCLEAR FUSION BREAKTHROUGH

https://citizenfreepress.com ^ | Posted by Kane on September 9, 2021 1:59 pm

[Red Badger]

Ping!...................

[I-ambush]

Any decade now.

[I cannot think of a name]

Hopefully this isn't another false alarm. There have been several announcements previously that came to nothing.

IF this IS true, for the first time in history an electric car will not be dumber than a screen door on a submarine!

[enumerated]

“…the quest to build the world’s first fusion power plant that can produce more power than it consumes,..”

Seems like a very reasonable minimum expectation.

[TexasGator]

“Any decade now.”

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“With the magnet technology now successfully demonstrated, the MIT-CFS collaboration is on track to build the world’s first fusion device that can create and confine a plasma that produces more energy than it consumes. That demonstration device, called SPARC, is targeted for completion in 2025.’

[6ppc]

Article needs a correction...strongest field by a “high temp superconductor” magnet. Stronger fields have been generated by low temp magnets.

[Red Badger]

Can a Mr. Fusion be far behind?............................

[Kevmo]

Cold Fusion is 25 ORDERS of MAGNITUDE better bang for the buck than Controlled Hot Fusion (CHF). Thanks for the ping.

[TexasGator]

“IF this IS true, for the first time in history an electric car will not be dumber than a screen door on a submarine!”

What is dumb about an electric car?

[Kevmo]

world’s first fusion device that can create and confine a plasma that produces more energy than it consumes.
***LENR has been doing that for 30 years.

[The Iceman Cometh]

What is dumb about an electric car?

The body style of a Prius for one....

[M Kehoe]

Two items that an advanced culture are cheap potable water and cheap energy.

5.56mm

[cableguymn]

limited range.
long recharge time.
initial cost.
strain on the grid
massive foot print of the battery when it reaches EOL.

if you like one, own one.

but don’t ask me to pay for it (so if you got any tax credits to buy it, please repay them)

[SlipperySlope99]

Will it be able to run on garbage? That is one way to end dependence on foreign oil. :)

[hawkaw]

Great post.

[Wally_Kalbacken]

Maria Zuber, MIT’s vice president for research and E. A. Clark Griswold Professor of Geophysics.

[Wally_Kalbacken]

Maria Zuber, MIT’s vice president for research and E. A. Clark Griswold Professor of Geophysics.

[PJBankard]

The real question is what effect will it have on electricity costs.

[rxsid]

Unlocking SPARC: HTS Magnet for Commercial Fusion Applications
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXLO3-7BRwQ

Pretty cool stuff!