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    6 months ago

    I am quite positive I’ll see reliable, sustained fusion reactions in my lifetime.

    I’m also pretty positive it’ll be useless as an energy source. Still could be useful for other things though.

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        6 months ago

        I don’t think we’ll get to the point where the energy that comes out will be higher enough than the energy put in to justify its use compared to other energy sources.

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          6 months ago

          I don’t think we’ll get to the point where the energy that comes out will be higher enough than the energy put in to justify its use compared to other energy sources.

          They also used to say Man will never fly.

          Technically, just give it time. Politically, that’s a whole other matter.

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            6 months ago

            They also used to say Man will never fly.

            Sure… I’m not saying fusion will never happen (it already does of course) or even that it’ll never be net positive for energy.

            Just that, for energy it’s looking to be worse than most other options.

            So I’m not saying man will never fly, I’m saying something closer to flying cars won’t happen. It’s not that we couldn’t do it, just that the alternatives are better.

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              6 months ago

              just that the alternatives are better.

              I’m not sure how you can judge that, against something that doesn’t exist yet.