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Re:Fusion Foolery by oezi on Thursday August 17, 2023 @09:34AM (#37161324)
It is an article that nicely illustrates that it is at least 50 years away. We shouldn't pin any hopes to it or (for me at least) fund research on it any more than 10% of the funding we provide for solar research.
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Re:Fusion Foolery by joak on Thursday August 17, 2023 @09:51AM (#37161571)
The title says 'fusion' but the talk is actually about NIF and their inflated PR.

Fusion energy companies like CFS (tokamak) or Helion (colliding FRCs with direct energy capture) might start producing electricity to the grid in less than 10 years.

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Re:Fusion Foolery by oezi on Thursday August 17, 2023 @02:55PM (#37166336)
Once they have a working prototype it is going to be 10 to 15 years for paperwork and building the first plant.
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