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Re:US Department of Energy: Fusion Ignition Achieved by S04dKHzrKT on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @02:27PM (#33974378)
Real Engineering recently made a video that covers fuel needs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzK0ydOF0oU

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Re:US Department of Energy: Fusion Ignition Achieved by phtrivier on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @04:51PM (#33976448)
And the (otherwise excellent) channel is supposed to soon post an adv... I mean informer... I mean "exclusive documentary" about "repeat after me we're totally not a scam - we just play one on YouTube" fusion startup Helion.

Which I'm going to watch, because even though everything I hear about this company gives me insane Theranos vibes... Well, if they pull it off... They might light a bulb with fusion in my lifetime.

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Re:US Department of Energy: Fusion Ignition Achieved by adaml_623 on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @06:08PM (#33977571)
The Helion approach seems plausible to me. Can you point me towards some of the sources that give you vibes?
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Re:US Department of Energy: Fusion Ignition Achieved by phtrivier on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @03:03AM (#33981123)
A recent episode on Matt Ferrel's Undecided [1]

(And I though I had seen a similar segment on "Answer with Joe", but I can't find it.)

None of those would be opposable source, of course - there won't be any until they open a plant, publish data, etc...

In the meantime, I see a hype cycle brewing, and it makes me a bit uncomfortable - but, we'll see.

[1] https://youtu.be/yNP8by6V3RA

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