Re:Lawrence Livermore claims a milestone in laser fusion
by jollybean on Tuesday August 17, 2021 @06:33PM
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I read your article here [1] and I've found it a bit problematic.
You don't give a real foundation impetus to 'stop' fusion research other than the perception not making enough progress in general terms, and that the money could be used on renewables.
It's a problematic argument because 'a few billion' is a very, very small amount of investment for an energy potentially which could yield significant results, even decades away.
It maybe a 80 year-long project, even then, it would be worth it.
Renewables are not suffering from money otherwise allocated to Fusion.
I think if you gave some very specific arguments as to why some investment will not work - even as an experimental vehicle - that would lend more credibility to your argument, but then you'd also have to have that view corroborated in some way aka 'this experiment does not materially advance science, and they know it, here is the evidence or logic'.
You don't give a real foundation impetus to 'stop' fusion research other than the perception not making enough progress in general terms, and that the money could be used on renewables.
It's a problematic argument because 'a few billion' is a very, very small amount of investment for an energy potentially which could yield significant results, even decades away.
It maybe a 80 year-long project, even then, it would be worth it.
Renewables are not suffering from money otherwise allocated to Fusion.
I think if you gave some very specific arguments as to why some investment will not work - even as an experimental vehicle - that would lend more credibility to your argument, but then you'd also have to have that view corroborated in some way aka 'this experiment does not materially advance science, and they know it, here is the evidence or logic'.
[1] https://progressive.org/op-eds/let-cut-our-losses-on-fusion-...