Why is fusion always “30 years away?”

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It seems that for the last couple decades fusion is always 30 years away and by this point we’ve well passed the initial 30 and seemingly little progress has been made.

Is it just that it’s so difficult to make efficient?

Has the technology improved substantially and we just don’t hear about it often?

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Because we never quite know enough to be certain of our estimate but know we are doing well so 10 is too close but 50 is too far.

We then get 30 years on and have made leaps and filled the knowledge gap but found another hole so the time moves on.

When will it finish? When we give altruistic science proper funding and killing others less funding so we can save the fucking planet and ourselves

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