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Kahing t1_iyeurz3 wrote

Reply to comment by Kregerm in Government Scientists ‘Approaching What is Required for Fusion’ in Breakthrough Energy Research by Gari_305

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.

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Kregerm t1_iyevbhv wrote

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

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Gubekochi t1_iyf6lfk wrote

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

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Kregerm t1_iyf8jde wrote

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

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Gubekochi t1_iyfd39g wrote

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

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