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Re:Fusion energy breakthrough by Livermore Lab by deng on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @03:53AM (#33966302)
> Very disappointed by the discourse in this HN thread. The same old quips over and over.

To be fair, that's not entirely the fault of HN. It's hard to get excited about fusion research when I almost always feel mislead, because it is almost never explicitly stated that we are talking about Q-plasma here. I don't expect much from science journalism, but I feel that the fusion scientists have no problem silently playing along this misconception, which they are perfectly aware of.

Re:Fusion energy breakthrough by Livermore Lab by KingOfCoders on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @10:06AM (#33969765)
"but I feel that the fusion scientists have no problem silently playing along this misconception"

That is the way to keep the money flowing.

See

"How close is nuclear fusion power?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJ4W1g-6JiY

and (different area but about how high investment physics works, "just around the corner")

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qqEU1Q-gYE

Re:Fusion energy breakthrough by Livermore Lab by limaoscarjuliet on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @04:54AM (#33966672)
Plus, this is about 10-th time in the last 10 years we are told "we are around the corner, clean energy will save us". Please tune down the message.
Re:Fusion energy breakthrough by Livermore Lab by fidelramos on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @05:39AM (#33967004)
I like how this graph describes why nuclear fusion technology always seems to be "just around the corner": https://imgur.com/a/59NO34a
Re:Fusion energy breakthrough by Livermore Lab by cptaj on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @10:01AM (#33969705)
I really hate what hippies did to nuclear energy. We would've long solved the clean energy problem by now if they hadn't violently opposed anything with the word nuclear
Re:Fusion energy breakthrough by Livermore Lab by galuggus on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @10:27AM (#33970077)
nuclear energy is an existential threat to the green movement
Re:Fusion energy breakthrough by Livermore Lab by bheadmaster on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @05:07AM (#33981770)
green movement is an existential thread to nuclear energy
Re:Fusion energy breakthrough by Livermore Lab by fnordpiglet on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @01:57PM (#33973929)
If they could explain how fusion energy can kill more people than fusion bombs funding would be unlimited.
Re:Fusion energy breakthrough by Livermore Lab by fnordpiglet on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @01:59PM (#33973981)
Maybe the corner is just a very long one, but one that’s so important to turn any material progress is important news? I think post scarcity is monumental.
Re:Fusion energy breakthrough by Livermore Lab by vixen99 on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @11:31AM (#33971120)