Disclosure imminent apparently...

[Sky-Knight]

Major breakthrough on nuclear fusion energy

A lab in Oxfordshire takes a big step towards harnessing the energy source of the stars.

www.bbc.com

We had a "major breakthrough" in Fusion Energy earlier this year. The part that bugs me is there was no "breakthrough", it's really an iterative improvement. Which is how science generally works, small incremental gains over time and eventually we wind up with an understanding to do something commercially. That's when the public sees a "huge breakthrough", because we get something new on the market.

We all just witnessed this first hand with the MRNA vaccines for COVID. The public saw a 6 month development time and freaked out, but what happened was well over 20 years of handwork and human experimentation to get to where it was possible to ramp production up on these vaccines in 6 months.

But even with all these gains in Fusion, everything I've read says it's at least two decades away from commercial viability. Half a century on the long end. Many of us in this thread will likely see it in their lifetimes.

 

[nlinecomputers]

Half a century on the long end. Many of us in this thread will UNlikely see it in their lifetimes.

FTFY. I’m 58. Not likely to see it in my lifetime.

 

[Sky-Knight]

FTFY. I’m 58. Not likely to see it in my lifetime.

If they make it in the 20 year window you might, 30 is a bit of a stretch... and given a half century prediction window 30 years is most of it! Your odds are not bad! You're more likely to see it than you're not.