US DOE - Fusion Ignition
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Not to best of my knowledge, although they would certainly be welcome there. The more snazzy tech they are keeping out of Ukraine, don't want the Russians to get their hands on it.
He was at a tradeshow in the Gulf, and the Azerbaijanis wanted a demo and were very interested. But he didn't think we'd ever sell to them, too much risk it would end up going straight to Moscow.
For Alliant's first 1 MW fusion generation facility in Iowa, I would set the over/under at 2065.
Can you link that article, pls? Curious about this, biomass has never seemed very realistic from what I've read, but I am admittedly NOT very well informed about it.
Mega Watt.
As a comparison, Alliant has a gas plant in Marshalltown rated at 700 MW. Maybe I should have checked that before settling on ONE MW for the over under.
Fun fact, to travel back in time you need 1,210 Mega Watts.
Likely not significant for our lifetime or our children's, but I suppose significant as scientific discovery. Scaling this to a level that actually makes a tangible difference in the world is still far far far away. They needed a facility 5 football fields in size to produce energy for a sliver of a second. I'm not holding my breath that this will ever amount to anything that matters
I agree but it's more than curiosity. To many people think they are experts because they read something on the internet or heard something.
What do you do when two experts on a subject have completely different opinions on it? Looks into it yourself is what you'll do.
You are missing my point completely.
Read the board and you'll see numerous people who aren't Attorney's, Dr's or whatever that think they know more than those people. That was my point.
This could be said for a majority of our technical advances in the 20th and 21st century.
Good, question everything. I don't mind people questioning my profession. You've never critiqued a coach before? Are you a college coach? Everyone capable of independent thought at some point questions an expert about something. That's good.
See “computer sizes” as I type on the equivalent of a supercomputer that took up rooms 3 decades ago and now fits in my hand.
Well...no. They shoot a target, create the reaction, then they try a different target completely unconnected to the first.
So while they have achieved gain, they don't have even the beginning of a process that would sustain itself.
But gain is possible, so now it's just figuring everything else out, which may be more or less research then has already been done already if it ever proves to be possible at all to get power from it.
But gain is possible....
From an associate that at least I consider knowledgeable in this topic:
'For the last 4 decades fusion power has been 2-3 decades away from a reality. This development actually makes that true now.' (the 2-3 decades away part)
'For the last 4 decades fusion power has been 2-3 decades away from a reality. This development actually makes that true now.' (the 2-3 decades away part)
I don't care if this will never be viable in my lifetime, we as a human race need to continue to advance this technology. It's always been possible, but it's always been about the money.
Sounds like a job for a Material Science engineer to contain this fusion. My son is finishing his first semester at ISU today in this field. I'm guessing he will be the guy. 
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