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1 posted on 04/05/2022 10:44:29 AM PDT by Red Badger
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Fusion Ping!......................


2 posted on 04/05/2022 10:45:14 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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Like irreversible global warming, Nuclear fusion is always only 20 years away...


3 posted on 04/05/2022 10:52:45 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary? Pray for President Biden: Psalm 109:8)
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Good news, fusion power only ten years away!


4 posted on 04/05/2022 10:52:51 AM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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Nothing would end the “climate” lunacy and its attendant problems (e.g., Russia itching for WW III) than successful fusion. But it’s always 20 years away.

The solution is simple, however. Make the vessel walls out of unobtanium.


7 posted on 04/05/2022 10:53:54 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“I identify as” is another way of saying “I pretend to be”)
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The petrochemical companies will impede any progress on this type of research/development.

But then, I'm just an uber-cynic. What will fascinate me is if/when this becomes reality...what will be the Watermelons excuse for protesting it?

8 posted on 04/05/2022 10:53:54 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (A morning without coffee is like...just kidding. I have no idea.)
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"Fusing particles together Nuclear fusion is the merging of two atomic nuclei into one compound nucleus. This nucleus then breaks apart and releases energy in the form of new atoms and particles that speed away from the reaction. A fusion power plant would capture the escaping particles and use their energy to generate electricity."

This has got to be the stupidest explanation of fusion that I've ever seen

10 posted on 04/05/2022 10:54:59 AM PDT by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare itself)
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Energy breakeven, meh. They need to demonstrate at least 10x output versus input before it’s even worthwhile to initiate a pilot plant demo. I figure they are still 20+ years away from operational fusion power plants. I remember sitting in my senior year nuclear engineering class in 1974. The professor stated that we shouldn’t expect to be working on fusion power plants until 2000 at the earliest and that was assuming that breakeven was achieved that year. I wouldn’t bet on seeing fusion power plants until the 2040’s at the earliest.


11 posted on 04/05/2022 10:55:38 AM PDT by tony549 (Stuck in SoCal)
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Cold Fusion is 25 ORDERS of MAGNITUDE better bang for the buck than Controlled Hot Fusion (CHF).
13 posted on 04/05/2022 11:04:03 AM PDT by Kevmo (Give back Ukes their Nukes https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/4044080/posts)
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Again, fusion has been 20 years in the future for at least the last 50 years.


14 posted on 04/05/2022 11:05:39 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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“The production of 59 megajoules of energy over five seconds at the Joint European Torus – or JET”

Sounds great until you get to this:

“...JET, which required roughly three times more energy to heat the fuel than it produced for its recent 59 megajoule record”

I can take 3 joules of energy and give you 1 joule back without building a fancy fusion reactor. No problemo. Just give me some grant money :)


19 posted on 04/05/2022 11:21:34 AM PDT by Boogieman
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As usual, they are vaping over the wrong Q...
Utter BS!


20 posted on 04/05/2022 11:22:48 AM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is another Sam Adams now that we desperately need him?)
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And it is still only twenty years away!


24 posted on 04/05/2022 11:26:28 AM PDT by dearolddad
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And G-d said, let there be light.

5.56mm


26 posted on 04/05/2022 11:33:41 AM PDT by M Kehoe (Quid Pro Joe and the Ho need to go.)
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Well, now the acknowledge the “just 20 years away” situation.

Now it is, “It can be done if we just had more moeny, we are so close.”


31 posted on 04/05/2022 12:16:27 PM PDT by Sequoyah101 (Politicians are only marginally good at one thing, being politicians. Otherwise they are fools.)
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Free beer tomorrow!


32 posted on 04/05/2022 12:21:00 PM PDT by CodeJockey (Politicians are to America as oligarchs are to Russia. )
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I want tokamak large enough to run my car with hydrogen derived from a water tank.


33 posted on 04/05/2022 12:21:48 PM PDT by jonrick46 (Leftnicks chase illusions of motherships at the end of the pier.))
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Fusion is now 22 years away due to covid restrictions


35 posted on 04/05/2022 12:45:33 PM PDT by daku
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Really cool! Nice work, for sure.

Hmmm....

I wonder how many chinese spies are on the team, with access to everything.

100?

Good thing our IC is on the ball...and Biden considers it a priority...and they’re not taking up resources investigating Americans with MAGA fear....

Giggle...snort....snicker....
BwaaHaaaHaaa ha ha oh gawd hahaha crying...snort....rotflmao....oh my stomach hurts from laughing...snort...hahahha....


38 posted on 04/05/2022 2:10:11 PM PDT by Basket_of_Deplorables (Putin is behaving rationally.The war is on Biden and Obama. )
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A HUGE jobs program. The ITAR group is always complaining the USA needs to give them hundreds of billions to finish the boon doggle. But they sure are employing a lot of eggheads and construction workers.


39 posted on 04/05/2022 4:35:05 PM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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Again?


40 posted on 04/05/2022 4:37:45 PM PDT by Fledermaus (I'll wear a mask when Dr. Fraudchi shuts the hell up.)
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