48 seconds. I predict a glut of helium. balloons for everyone

  • KillingTimeItself
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    183 months ago

    sick. cool. So uh. How long until power generation happens now?

    Ah who am i kidding, it’ll be at least a decade, probably more like two. Three including manufacturing and building all the plants.

    • @[email protected]
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      803 months ago

      Well according to the 1993 classic, “SimCity 2000,” fusion power becomes available to build in the year 2050. Since I have no other source that provides an exact date of viability, this remians the most reliable prediction we have.

    • Cosmic Cleric
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      143 months ago

      Ah who am i kidding, it’ll be at least a decade, probably more like two.

      To be fair, they’re trying to create a miniature star and keep it controlled/contained, to use its energy. That’s some next-gen level stuff.

      • KillingTimeItself
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        13 months ago

        it’s definitely one of the ideas of all time. i just wish people would stop pretending like it’s “just right around the corner”

        Meanwhile germany is burning more coal than it ever has to generate power because they no longer have nuclear energy. And gas is expensive.

          • KillingTimeItself
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            13 months ago

            yep. Given how long it’ll take to develop fusion power, multiple generations of people will have worked on it in practice, and many more in theory.

    • linuxgator
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      73 months ago

      Gonna need a hell of a boiler/turbine to harness that kind of heat.

      • KillingTimeItself
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        63 months ago

        thats the LEAST of my concerns lmao.

        Gonna need one hell of a setup to even produce that level of heat.

    • TheWoozy
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      13 months ago

      This is how we arrive at the “always 30 years away” trope.

      • KillingTimeItself
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        3 months ago

        It’s also just kind of how these things tend to go. I mean even the the funny international one ITER. Has had this exact issue, they keep pushing back deadlines over and over again. Which is only really surprising if you aren’t familiar with the tech, it’s highly complex. But it’s a great example as to why this stuff happens.