Ever wonder what we humans would do
if the “science” told us that the earth was cooling?
Absolutely right on the benefits. Really too bad NO ONE knows how to accomplish it on a useful scale yet. It’s a nice dream!
Minor problem, we don’t yet have the knowledge to make fusion work controllable for any length of time.
Even when we use it in our weapons we need a Fission source to set it off.
IIRC the reaction inside the sun makes lots of Gamma “Rays” that are somewhat harmful. Supposedly the photons that warm your body on a sunny day were made over a million years ago.
and are very attenuated Gamma “Rays”. Y’all can look it up.
Kind of like EV everybody wants to do it, but the technology isn’t there yet.
How about we use what we know how to do now.
Thorium reactors, modern u-235 reactors, recycling of waste u-235 fuel, et al, till we figure out how to control Gravity
to make Fusion work.
Since I was a wee lad (Now 66 y/o), I have been hearing about the likely benefits of fusion energy.
The main two benefits being #1. ‘A virtually endless supply of energy!’ #2. This form of energy is shockingly cheap and apparently easy to produce.
The end to the discussion of Fusion Energy normally goes something like “...But THEY won’t ever allow science to put this plan into action. It would take down Big Energy virtually overnight! There are too many billions of dollars at stake to let that be snatched away, just for the benefit of consumers. The consumers expect to be charged for it anyway.”
I don’t know what it true or not true about it.
I’m no scientist or engineer....or biologist either for that matter.
Now there’s a pointless question.
AND the number one benefit is the huge amount of tax dollars to make boondoggles like the ITER. Think Solyndra but on a budget of trillions.
finally the jetsons
well maybe
sometime in the future
question
how are they going to develop fusion energy when we are completely dependent on wind/solar
sitting in the cold and dark wondering when our next meal will be
Wouldn’t a fusion reactor by necessity get as hot as the sun? It seems controlling the heat would be a non-trivial problem.
This should be published on the Babylon Bee web site.
A working fusion generation is decades away. Current fusion experimental reactors are nowhere close to achieving a reliable, long-term fusion reaction that generates net positive electrical energy.
China is building 1100 new coalfired plants; Delhi India is so poluted you cannot see more than 100 yards in the early morning, Beijing is worse. Seems some people like Kerry wants to destroy the USA economically for a one world gov’t by ridiculous ideas that the USA cannot control.
One minor problem - it doesn’t exist.