US scientists reach long-awaited nuclear fusion breakthrough

[BHAN85]

https://edition.cnn.com/2022/12/12/politics/nuclear-fusion-energy-us-scientists-climate/index.html

The interesting part is:

Even though getting a net energy gain from nuclear fusion is a big deal, it’s happening on a much smaller scale than what’s needed to power electric grids and heat buildings.
“It’s about what it takes to boil 10 kettles of water,” said Jeremy Chittenden, co-director of the Centre for Inertial Fusion Studies at Imperial College in London.

So little energy for a zillion dollars machine.

But if it achieves someday in large amounts, it will be a change of paradigm, not only for science/technology, but for economy and whole world.

 

[casual]

https://edition.cnn.com/2022/12/12/politics/nuclear-fusion-energy-us-scientists-climate/index.html

The interesting part is:


So little energy for a zillion dollars machine.

But if it achieves someday in large amounts, it will be a change of paradigm, not only for science/technology, but for economy and whole world.

not the first time something like this is announced. It all depends on how they calculate the energy input.

 

[BHAN85]

It's funny see journalists talking about in "10 years" this technology will be available.

They dont know what they are talking about.

Maybe it will be available in one year, in one hundred years or never at all.

And they dont seem to understand the profound changes that this technology will provocate (all good changes).

My opinion is that all the money invested in this tech and more, it's justified. But that money must come from states, private companies can't assume that risk of throw money to something that maybe never wil work.