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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Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoThat is what they said. Twenty years ago.
suicidaleggroll@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Fusion would really hurt oil companies, so not going to get funded.
ji59@hilariouschaos.com 3 weeks 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
Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I know. They have been saying twenty years since a was very young.