Nuclear fusion milestone passed at US lab
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Re: Nuclear fusion milestone passed at US lab
#2Not really well-informed enough to comment on details, but it's fantastic to see the field is still moving, even if slowly. Proud that we are still funding this kind of research.
Re: Nuclear fusion milestone passed at US lab
#3Not really well-informed enough to comment on details, but it's fantastic to see the field is still moving, even if slowly. Proud that we are still funding this kind of research.
Sorry to piss on your parade, but..
"Soon after, the $3.5bn facility shifted focus, cutting the amount of time spent on fusion versus nuclear weapons research - which was part of the lab's original mission."
Admittedly that is phrased in an odd way...
Re: Nuclear fusion milestone passed at US lab
#4Great, but I don't see how these extremely expensive nuclear fusion projects will ever beat price/kW of coal without heavy subsidies. My bet is that dense plasma focus is the future of cheap, clean power. Only time will tell though.
Re: Nuclear fusion milestone passed at US lab
#5I think Nuclear Fusion is the single most exciting up-and-coming technology. I can't believe we're not throwing a hundred billion dollars at it.
Make fusion, not war.
Re: Nuclear fusion milestone passed at US lab
#6I think Nuclear Fusion is the single most exciting up-and-coming technology. I can't believe we're not throwing a hundred billion dollars at it. Make fusion, not war.
Right, but what's its viral coefficient? How can we get it as a mobile app?
Re: Nuclear fusion milestone passed at US lab
#7Re: Nuclear fusion milestone passed at US lab
#8I keep seeing this same story pop up (from what I presume is the same September event).
Is there anything new this round? Perhaps some new results from post-experiment data analysis? The article isn't really clear on this point.
Re: Nuclear fusion milestone passed at US lab
#9Great, but I don't see how these extremely expensive nuclear fusion projects will ever beat price/kW of coal without heavy subsidies. My bet is that dense plasma focus is the future of cheap, clean power. Only time will tell though. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dense_plasma_focus
I would imagine that the price/kW of coal will become easier to beat as we run out of it.