If this is true, then humanity is also on the cusp of being able to eliminate the impact on climate from burning fossil fuels in one generation!
:-)
My nephew and I were pondering the following question: what will the real world downsides of fusion be after it has been widely deployed for a few decades? Every time humans have developed a new technology, we have failed to foresee some of the inevitable downsides (in hindsight) of that new technology that only arise and become known after it is widely deployed. I'm curious if I'll be around long enough to see what the answer turns out to be.
so can we be gifted a small fusion reactor from the government and then go home-steading in small, portable fusion powered eco friendly homes.
Yes, it's called 'the sun'.
Limitless power corrupts without limit.
Super interesting thread, I've always heard lots of doom and gloom about this on Hn threads but seems that there's been a pivotal step forward in the field with these new superconductors
Can only imagine what the world would look like with a limitless energy source like this.
Anyone see any reason not to be highly optimistic about this development?