The US led on nuclear fusion for decades. Now China is in position to win the race

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• spyd3r@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Maybe instead of spending billions on doing our own research, we should just steal China’s. They’ve been doing it to us for decades.

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• ElectricAirship@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I read an article that China, while yes they are the outspending US in fusion research, also have exponentially more PhD’s working on the research as well.

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  • Eril@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    There are a lot more people living in China, so it makes sense too.

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• gedaliyah@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Fusion energy is still a distant pipe dream at this point. Don’t believe the hype.

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  • Cocodapuf@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Honestly, I think we’re getting really very close! We’ve been in this cycle of eternally “30 years away”. These days we’re in a cycle of “5-10 years away”. That sounds like a joke, but we really are closing in.

    Now that said, while we can eventually get fusion to work, it will absolutely not solve all of our energy problems. Once it’s actually possible, it will still be the most expensive source of energy available. Which means once we can do it, we won’t actually want to do it.

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    • Atrichum@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Maybe. The people who have always said 30 years were scientists and engineers. Those now saying 5 to 10 years are VC backed startups.

      Progress is definitely being made but I’ll believe the optimists when I see the results.

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  • YeetPics@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Why would China lie?!

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• YeetPics@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Sure it is, Ozma… sure it is.

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  • return2ozma@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    IDGAF who “wins” just give it to us already.

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