I wish them the best, but "practical" fusion power has always been just 10 years away for my whole life.
"Practical" fusion is very difficult* and so far, every new and exciting concept has come up with a new and intractable unforeseen problem.
*there is one or two 'off the shelf' practical fusion idea, but ain't nobody wants to do it. Set of a hulkin' big nuke deep enough it doesn't blow a crater, and do it in the right geology, and there is enough heat there to make lotsa steam for a power plant for a long time. And yes, the steam is intensely radioactive, and that's why no one wants to do it. Another idea is to set off a a big nuke in a large bowl shaped depression (probably shaped that way from a prior nuke), line the bowl with asphalt and the appropriate isotope(s) set off the bomb, it irradiates the isotopes with neutrons, and you've bred several tons of fission reactor fuel without a whole lot of bother. For some reason nobody wants to do this either.
"Practical" fusion is very difficult* and so far, every new and exciting concept has come up with a new and intractable unforeseen problem.
*there is one or two 'off the shelf' practical fusion idea, but ain't nobody wants to do it. Set of a hulkin' big nuke deep enough it doesn't blow a crater, and do it in the right geology, and there is enough heat there to make lotsa steam for a power plant for a long time. And yes, the steam is intensely radioactive, and that's why no one wants to do it. Another idea is to set off a a big nuke in a large bowl shaped depression (probably shaped that way from a prior nuke), line the bowl with asphalt and the appropriate isotope(s) set off the bomb, it irradiates the isotopes with neutrons, and you've bred several tons of fission reactor fuel without a whole lot of bother. For some reason nobody wants to do this either.
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