Elusive fusion reactors to be commercialised by 2025-2030... Or so they say
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France has a new record, 1337 seconds lol.
www.earth.com
France sets new world record by keeping a fusion reactor running for 22 minutes
They manage to keep the plasma stable for 22 minutes, breaking the Chinese record and bringing practical nuclear fusion closer.
So when are we gonna start seeing black holes n stuff?
November 26th 2025.
Budget day.
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A win for the UK:
www.independent.co.uk
British scientists celebrate ‘breakthrough’ in quest for unlimited clean energy
Tokamak Energy are using lithium to advance fusion research at their campus in Oxford
www.independent.co.uk
A picture is worth a thousand words after all
So when are we gonna start seeing black holes n stuff?
You can't.
A win for the UK:
British scientists celebrate ‘breakthrough’ in quest for unlimited clean energy
Tokamak Energy are using lithium to advance fusion research at their campus in Oxford
Oh, and here comes the government to offer it away for free.
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Probably give it to Macron for some magic beans and a 20% off voucher for one at Disneyland Paris.
A win for the UK:
British scientists celebrate ‘breakthrough’ in quest for unlimited clean energy
Tokamak Energy are using lithium to advance fusion research at their campus in Oxford
Uh huh
No the British government way is withhold funding when it needs a miniscule amount to finish.
What ever happens they will lose it away.
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Will probably still be pegged to the cost of gas
I suspect our future energy needs are going to be met much more by solar and battery than by fusion. With the prices of solar dropping like a stone, working Fusion is going to be too late and too costly to make much of a difference. Solar can provide almost all the energy needed for free with less difficulties and risks.
Free energy would change a lot of things, and happily destroy the power of oil oligarchs, but it wouldn't fundamentally obliterate the economy. Everything would still be constrained by the limits of infrastructure and logistics, and the availability of resources, land, and labour. Energy is just one limited input among many.