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Is anyone else a sucker for #nuclear #fusion potential?

"Perhaps the most ambitious project in the field is the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER), a collaborative effort involving 35 nations. Under construction in southern France, ITER aims to be the largest of over 100 fusion reactors built in the past seven decades. Despite delays pushing its first plasma target to 2035, ITER’s goals remain lofty: to produce 500 MW of heat from a 50 MW input for up to 600 seconds." #science #engineering

https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/nuclear-fusion-clean-energy

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ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴇᴀᴛʜ ᴏꜰ ᴍʟᴇᴋᴜ 1y ago

fission and antimatter are the two most interesting... fusion is a boondoggle favourite of poseurs pretending to be philanthropists (eg, something i have a strong connection in my mind to that dude with motor neurone disease who has a fetish for dwarf homos*

Svoboda 1y ago

Maybe but I think they may be pot committed on making this work at this point. Pending a scientific breakthrough obviously.

ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴇᴀᴛʜ ᴏꜰ ᴍʟᴇᴋᴜ 1y ago

which assumes their theory is correct, which i doubt

nobody 1y ago

DOWN VOTE BUTTON, FFS!

Eldrazi 1y ago

ITER is progressive step forwards but pitfall still remain. Firstly it requires more energy to operate than it currently produces, this raises questions in terms of efficient and scalability. Significant delays are now projected to be 2034, More funding required 5 billion to be exact.

Politics hinder the progress of technological advancement also, all countries mentioned compete with eachother..