Commercial viable fusion is still a very, very long way away. We would need to increase the current energy output (holding energy input fixed) twenty fold in order to produce net electricity, let alone make it economically viable. The reality is while this is scientific progress, it is not meaningful industrial progress. Whether we are at 0.94 or 1.02 Q_Science efficiency, we are not close nor have a clear path to increasing output x20 and reaching a Q_engerinering efficiency above 1.
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Commercial viable fusion is still a very, very long way away. We would need to increase the current energy output (holding energy input fixed) twenty fold in order to produce net electricity, let alone make it economically viable. The reality is while this is scientific progress, it is not meaningful industrial progress. Whether we are at 0.94 or 1.02 Q_Science efficiency, we are not close nor have a clear path to increasing output x20 and reaching a Q_engerinering efficiency above 1.