Kregerm t1_iyemtl1 wrote on November 30, 2022 at 8:45 PM

Is it only a decade away? Causes it’s been a decade away for 30 years

lmanvonbraun t1_iyeqhax wrote on November 30, 2022 at 9:09 PM

Unless something drastically changes, they're incredibly close

Bubbagumpredditor t1_iyf476o wrote on November 30, 2022 at 10:42 PM

Only a decade

Kahing t1_iyeurz3 wrote on November 30, 2022 at 9:36 PM

Maybe it actually was a decade away in 2012, maybe it'll be a decade away in 2032. Who knows? But if it's technologically feasible it'll happen at some point.

Kregerm t1_iyevbhv wrote on November 30, 2022 at 9:40 PM

I think the part they leave out is ‘it’s a decade away…. If properly funded’

Gubekochi t1_iyf6lfk wrote on November 30, 2022 at 10:59 PM

A reasonable view and an acceptable explanation to the age old question "why can't we have nice things?".

Kregerm t1_iyf8jde wrote on November 30, 2022 at 11:13 PM

If we funded fusion research at the same funding level as Americans spend on pornography we’d have it by now.

Gubekochi t1_iyfd39g wrote on November 30, 2022 at 11:47 PM

What if we funded it like the Americans fund their military?