commander@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoChina’s ‘artificial sun’ breaks nuclear fusion limit thought to be impossiblewww.the-independent.comexternal-linkmessage-square158fedilinkarrow-up1582arrow-down135
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minus-squareItdidnttrickledown@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·5 hours agoThat is what they said. Twenty years ago.
minus-squaresuicidaleggroll@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 minutes agoYes, because the argument was never “we’ll have fusion in 20 years”, it’s always been “we COULD have fusion in 20 years IF research was properly funded”. It’s never been properly funded, hence it’s always 20 years away.
minus-squareji59@hilariouschaos.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 hours agoNot only 20 years ago. Source: Takeda, S., Keeley, A.R. & Managi, S. How Many Years Away is Fusion Energy? A Review. J Fusion Energ 42, 16 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10894-023-00361-z
minus-squareItdidnttrickledown@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 hours agoI know. They have been saying twenty years since a was very young.
That is what they said. Twenty years ago.
Yes, because the argument was never “we’ll have fusion in 20 years”, it’s always been “we COULD have fusion in 20 years IF research was properly funded”. It’s never been properly funded, hence it’s always 20 years away.
Not only 20 years ago.
Source: Takeda, S., Keeley, A.R. & Managi, S. How Many Years Away is Fusion Energy? A Review. J Fusion Energ 42, 16 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10894-023-00361-z
I know. They have been saying twenty years since a was very young.