Boom! (?)
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That's not saying very much, but I guess it's an encouraging milestone, even if for such a brief nano-moment.
Is this what the greenies have been waiting for?
Free electricity is only 10 years away.
That’s nice. I guess. I wish I had money for every nuclear fusion “breakthrough” that’s ever been reported.
....but, as usual, commercial use is estimated to be “less than thirty years away!”
Oh, joy!
Now, where’s my goddam flying car and jet back pack?
I remember when they said that nuclear power would be “too cheap to meter”.
I hope it works.
Still gonna need crude oil and natural gas.
5.56mm
I have this nagging fear that one of these days guys are going to blow us to mars.
1.3 megajoules (MJ) during only a few nanoseconds.
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A very very long way to go.
I thought I read that ignition had been done earlier, but sustainment of the fusion reaction has not. Cannot keep the flame going, so to speak. Hence the multiple containment designs being developed.
It will be ready for commercial development in 20 years!
This has been “announced” since the 60’s ....when you look into it, it was always achieved for some number of femto-seconds (one millionth of one billionth of a second).
Let me translate the article for you.....WE WANT MORE BILLIONS AN BILLIONS for more research.
Good, we should have an industrial scale sustained reaction in say 30 years. /s
The problem remains that each EV, for example, must arguably have its own crash-safe fusion unit so that cities can be evacuated for hurricanes for example.
Electric Vehicles May Present Major Problem During Natural Disaster Evacuations: Experts (8.11.22)
Compare with Ford's concept for nuclear powered vehicles.
Ford Nucleon (Non-FR)
Insights welcome.
Tesla checking his notes.
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