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Yet another fusion startup. This one tries to utilise plasma instability (and they aren't using a sphere either!).ITER is pushing the boundaries of engineering capabilities. But trying a number of different approaches may yield advances in unexpected places.See: https://spectrum.ieee.org/energy/nuclear/startup-lppfusion-embraces-instability
you mean the wallet of tax payers on this fools errand?
Yet another fusion startup....you mean the wallet of tax payers on this fools errand?
Quote from: profoundYet another fusion startup....you mean the wallet of tax payers on this fools errand?Startups only waste the money of the investors - but it sometimes pays off big for the investors.More frequently, it might employ some people for a while, and if they are lucky, generate some patents or new ideas that other people will build on later (sometimes even the same people). That's what risky, high-tech science involves.Whatever happens, the engineering and international coordination involved in a large-scale project like ITER generates economies of scale in superconductors, develops new industries, and will generate many patents and scientific papers, even if it doesn't generate any electricity.
Well 3 years later and still no fusion....I TOLD YOU SO.
Quote from: profound on 04/06/2020 13:50:09Well 3 years later and still no fusion....I TOLD YOU SO.Did anyone here claim that we would have fusion in three years?
Quote from: Kryptid on 04/06/2020 15:36:06Quote from: profound on 04/06/2020 13:50:09Well 3 years later and still no fusion....I TOLD YOU SO.Did anyone here claim that we would have fusion in three years?Just to clarify things, three years ago (when the thread started) the ITER was not scheduled to be built until 2025.So crowing about it not working yet is absurdly illogical...
it's been put further back and it will never work as it is the wrong shape. how many torus shaped stars can you point to....exactly zero..
Quote from: profound on 04/06/2020 21:07:23it's been put further back and it will never work as it is the wrong shape. how many torus shaped stars can you point to....exactly zero..That's like arguing that helicopters can't fly because they aren't shaped like birds.
it's been put further back and it will never work as it is the wrong shape. how many torus shaped stars can you point to....
its not a heliocopter.
it's been put further back