Comment on China’s ‘artificial sun’ breaks nuclear fusion limit thought to be impossible

• suicidaleggroll@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ 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.

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• ji59@hilariouschaos.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Not only 20 years ago.

  Researchers’ expectations on fusion realization over the past 40 years.

  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

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  • Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I know. They have been saying twenty years since a was very young.

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