Weird how in an article publish June 2024 most of the end between 2000 and 2010.
Either way, I think we WILL technologically demonstrate net-positive fusion power. Probably in the next decade.
Whether it becomes economically viable in a widespread way, which would mean cheaper than wind + solar + batteries, is a whole other can of worms.
Fusion power is the fastest growing form of power generation on earth. We just set the collectors out and the reactor is located 93 million miles away.
We’ll need it if we ever want to go into space in a serious manner (i.e. to the out reaches of our solar system or beyond with manned spaceflight). So I guess we’ll just continue working away at it until we succeed.
Do we need it on Earth (or will it even play a role in combatting climate change)? No. It’ll come much too late for that and be too expensive when it does.
We will definitely get practical fusion power, in around 100 years or so
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Weird how in an article publish June 2024 most of the end between 2000 and 2010.
Either way, I think we WILL technologically demonstrate net-positive fusion power. Probably in the next decade.
Whether it becomes economically viable in a widespread way, which would mean cheaper than wind + solar + batteries, is a whole other can of worms.
Fusion power is the fastest growing form of power generation on earth. We just set the collectors out and the reactor is located 93 million miles away.
We’ll need it if we ever want to go into space in a serious manner (i.e. to the out reaches of our solar system or beyond with manned spaceflight). So I guess we’ll just continue working away at it until we succeed.
Do we need it on Earth (or will it even play a role in combatting climate change)? No. It’ll come much too late for that and be too expensive when it does.
We will definitely get practical fusion power, in around 100 years or so