I know the joke “It is always 50 years away”. I just was wondering if the body of work since 90s which is what the popular level of scientific knowledge is at, including mine – did that notion change? Is fusion technically “all good in paper” and it is an issue of reaching right material technology to harness it, or is it a more complicated complication?
P.S. I know Fusion is real, because stars. I am asking if it is possible on paper in the form factor of a generator.
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It is more than feasible in theory, we seem to be getting close to getting it in practice.
People are confident enough about that in France millions and millions of dollars have been invested into constructing the first experimental fusion reactor.
It’s actually already mostly built and being tested, with the goal of achieving fusion by the mid to late 2020s.
https://www.energylivenews.com/2020/07/29/assembly-of-worlds-largest-nuclear-fusion-reactor-begins-in-france/
Edit: By achieving Fusion I meant in a stable, efficient, manner where we are able to harvest energy from it. Fusion tests have been done before (and there’s obviously Hydrogen bombs, nuclear fusion bombs)
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