No doubt. But if it gets the "Greenies" to stop with their whining and pushing of EV's, and sends them off in a different direction, on a new energy crusade, all the better.Still probably decades away from proliferating into useful existence.
Now that’s wishful thinking.No doubt. But if it gets the "Greenies" to stop with their whining and pushing of EV's, and sends them off in a different direction, on a new energy crusade, all the better.
Yeah I know. But a guy can dream, can't he?Now that’s wishful thinking.
Yes, I agree, I was about to post a thread about this news but you beat me to it.“There is going to be great pride that this is something that happened in the United States,” said David Edelman, who leads policy and global affairs at TAE, a large private fusion energy company. “This is a very important milestone on the road toward fusion energy.”
...still ways to go but this sounds like a pretty big breakthrough.
Net reaction energy and commercial plant are very far apart. We’ve been working on fusion for 50 years. We’ve just got past break even energy. Not big energy. Not viable, sustainable reaction. Certainly nowhere near continuous reaction.Yes, I agree, I was about to post a thread about this news but you beat me to it.
Maybe in another decade once the first plant is under construction someone will come up with an alternative (better storage device) for electricity in EVs other then batteries as we know them.
It's kind of cool, that this is being developed by us in the USA. I dont know why we have to have negative comments in here. I dont get it.
Yeah, good point, I saw maybe a "decade" away but my brain didnt see the maybe "decades away" part.Net reaction energy and commercial plant are very far apart. We’ve been working on fusion for 50 years. We’ve just got past break even energy. Not big energy. Not viable, sustainable reaction. Certainly nowhere near continuous reaction.
Even still, and @Astro14 excellent posts as well I learned a lot from it, seems like a step in the right direction.Yeah, good point, I saw maybe a "decade" away but my brain didnt see the maybe "decades away" part.
Still a big step, "just got past break even energy"
Along these lines, I found this video interesting.
Even nuclear fusion is not without concerns regarding waste which must be dealt with at some point. Seems kicking the can down the road is a common theme in ALL energy discussions.
“There is going to be great pride that this is something that happened in the United States,” said David Edelman, who leads policy and global affairs at TAE, a large private fusion energy company. “This is a very important milestone on the road toward fusion energy.”
...still ways to go but this sounds like a pretty big breakthrough.