“Yeah, you’re right. I have been insulting. Apologies.”
I accept.
I suggest you research the cold fusion and Theranos scams.
I have sent you lots and you still have the same position so nothing else will convince you otherwise.
“My point is that since you have never experienced rapid technological development—”
Research ITER. $22 Billion and counting. Some say it may cost $45 billion. ITER will not produce electricity nor can it run continuously.
They originally had a 2025 target now it is 2035.
absolutely agree that there have been a lot of dead ends.
no one believes that ITER will amount to anything more than a declaration of faith in fusion. (which in some ways is very important—because where there is a will there is a way.)
there is still a worldwide group that studies cold fusion but again they seem on the fast track to nowhere.
my vote for the most likely to succeed fission group is one from indonesia. they’re testing in american labs. they’re doing some version of g4 fission. They’re already working on a plant to mass produce them and get costs down to the .02@kwh range. I think they want have them fully built to put them on barges next to coastal cities.
I would have absolutely agreed with your take on all these fusion start ups maybe 18 months ago. But something is happening. liken it to a warm front that passes over a half dozen states in the summertime. the warm front generates thunderstorms along its edge. liken those thunderstorms to the small fusion start ups that are popping up all over. liken too the convergence of a couple systems/techniques/technologies/tools to the warm front passing over a couple states in summer that generate the thunderstorms/fusion companies.
another words—the proliferation of fusion companies is not about the companies but rather the ideas/systems/techniques/technologies/tools that generate them.
None of these do I understand well. Nor do I have the time or expertise to understand well.
But you do.