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| From | Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.java.programmer |
| Subject | Re: A good news |
| Date | 2016-01-22 22:12 +0000 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <n7u9g8$q5m$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <n7tuag$c7k$26@dont-email.me> <n7u3mo$6d6$1@dont-email.me> <ca45ffe5-c2f0-421e-bea6-a245880bf16e@googlegroups.com> |
On Fri, 22 Jan 2016 13:59:10 -0800, Eric Douglas wrote: > On Friday, January 22, 2016 at 3:36:36 PM UTC-5, Martin Gregorie wrote: >> 1957. Well, that was 60 decades ago and fusion power is *still* 30-40 >> years away. > > There have been reports of recent breakthroughs, some which suggest > viable fusion power as soon as 2020. Is that ITER by any chance? Thats scheduled to be completed by 2019, but seems to be an engineering iteration rather than new physics: AFAICT is basically an embiggened JET, but its completion cost is likely to be massive. Three years into construction, which started in 2013 its already 3x its estimated cost, having burnt through $US14 billion so far. I'll believe commercial fusion power[1] when I see it unless its a major scientific, rather an engineering, breakthrough - which ITER is not. [1] commercial = cheaper power than current fission plants can produce and preferably no more expensive than wind. -- martin@ | Martin Gregorie gregorie. | Essex, UK org |
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Re: A good news Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2016-01-22 20:33 +0000
Re: A good news Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2016-01-22 13:59 -0800
Re: A good news Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2016-01-22 22:12 +0000
Re: A good news Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2016-01-26 06:22 -0800
Re: A good news Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2016-01-26 22:45 +0000
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