Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Technology@piefed.socialEnglish · 8 days agoNuclear fusion record smashed as German scientists take 'a significant step forward' to near-limitless clean energywww.livescience.comexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up122arrow-down10
arrow-up122arrow-down1external-linkNuclear fusion record smashed as German scientists take 'a significant step forward' to near-limitless clean energywww.livescience.comSunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Technology@piefed.socialEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square3fedilink
minus-squareZeroGravitas@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down1·8 days agoSo… we’re 20 years away from the first commercial fusion plant. Am I doing this right?
minus-squarenesc@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 days agoNo. They can be a hundred years in the future and research would still be valuable.
minus-squareZeroGravitas@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 days agoI know. And all respect for the researchers who pour their lives into this. It’s the media that I was (gently) lampooning; every time news like this comes out, news people get excited.
So… we’re 20 years away from the first commercial fusion plant.
Am I doing this right?
No.
They can be a hundred years in the future and research would still be valuable.
I know. And all respect for the researchers who pour their lives into this.
It’s the media that I was (gently) lampooning; every time news like this comes out, news people get excited.