Submitted by InfinityScientist t3_1255k3x in Futurology
WildGrem7 t1_je7p7mu wrote
Reply to comment by ItsAConspiracy in What science and technology should be here already (2023) but isn’t? by InfinityScientist
If you think we will have viable working fusion for the masses in 10 years, you’re delusional. They haven’t even broken Q>1 yet and to make it vaiable the need far far greater than that and far more frequent than the 1 or so reactions a day they’ve been able to achieve. Not to downplay the advancements that we have had in the last decade - they are huge - but the cost of getting that Q up to the needed 5-10 will be astronomical then actually getting reactors up and running will take a lot least a decade alone if you compare them to current nuclear reactors from scratch to energy production. You’re looking at…………30 years. Minimum. Lmao.
ItsAConspiracy t1_je81cc9 wrote
You talk like there's only one fusion project. Plenty of projects do a lot more than one shot a day. Helion does way more.
Get up to speed on what's actually happening in the field before you write it off so confidently.
WildGrem7 t1_je839rt wrote
Would love some sources of anything over Q>1
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