Martinnfb Posted July 18, 2022 Share Posted July 18, 2022 LSP_Matt, thierry laurent and Rockie Yarwood 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John1 Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 Ahh.... Fusion reactors. The holy grail of green/renewable energy. A breakthrough always seems to be "right around the corner" and yet... Martinnfb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Matt Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 Fusion...our 'get out of jail free card' according to Saul Griffith (an Aussie) who used to be CEO of Makani power (LA) before it was sold to Google. He spoke to Brian Cox from the BBC in the doco, 'Can we make a star on earth' 2008/9 which was about the worlds various fusion projects. They did an interesting bit of math called the 'Brian Agenda' that shows just how much power the world is using and will need. I see they used one of the reactors as 'the engine room' in the first Star Trek with Chris Pine reboot. Progress...not perfection. Matty D Bellis and Martinnfb 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted July 19, 2022 Author Share Posted July 19, 2022 I am just fascinated by the technology, one step per time. John1 and LSP_Matt 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John1 Posted July 20, 2022 Share Posted July 20, 2022 7 hours ago, Martinnfb said: I am just fascinated by the technology, one step per time. As am I. The results to mankind if they get this to work and it's something that can actually be used on a widespread basis are mind-blowing. Alain Gadbois, Martinnfb and Rick Griewski 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 My feeling is that fusion is going to stop being perpetually 15 years away pretty soon. My Dad's first job at LANL (in '73, when I was in 3rd grade) was to work on a new laser-driven fusion project (similar to the NIF that they are still fooling around with now at Livermore). Sadly that was canceled as soon as the Regan era started and he moved on to other, more classified projects. Realistically, controlled fusion was a pipe dream back then for multiple reasons. In 2022, the combination of unbelievably sophisticated computing platforms and gobs of private money (which reliably gets 10X the results per dollar invested versus government grant funded projects, at least as far as practical applications are concerned) is pushing the field forward in ways that simply were not possible until recently. I'm not sure I would bank on the really optimistic projections of commercial fusion power facilities coming on line in the early 2030s, but I'll honestly be surprised if we DON'T see them in the 2040s. LSP_Matt, John1, GusM and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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