Considering that Fusion is the key that unlocks all the solutions to our current predicament its weird not more money is thrown at it.
Because they are wasting everyone's time and money with hot fusion. Neutrons being neutral don't listen to magnetism and pound away at the walls of the reactor. Making it highly radioactive and diminishing it's life time of use.Considering that Fusion is the key that unlocks all the solutions to our current predicament its weird not more money is thrown at it.
MehBecause they are wasting everyone's time and money with hot fusion. Neutrons being neutral don't listen to magnetism and pound away at the walls of the reactor. Making it highly radioactive and diminishing it's life time of use.
We will see. I'll be long dead before we get 1 watt from one of those devices. The high energy physics world needs a new Paradyme. If only we had a quadrillion volt atom smasher we would figure out how the world works. Great career with no need for results.Meh
Use a lithium blanket and use the neutrons to breed more tritium fuel.
Wow 48 seconds.
My outlook is still depressed as hell for the next century. Barring a miracle, I don't know how we dig ourselves out of this hole. Scientists estimate we are using 1.6 Earth's worth of resources. We need a dramatic change in resource utilization to preserve humanity long term.Small steps. In the meantime we'll hope that climate change doesn't set us back 1000 years. Whatever optimism I had for the resiliency of modern society (American at least) was pretty much removed by the mild emergency of Covid and how insane and political people got.
Breakthroughs happen and they have to start somewhere.
You just have to look hard at the grifters just looking for funding for nonsense, which is most of them. Like the "solar roadways" that got everyone excited a few years ago.
Storage tech in particular is moving forward, and that in my layman's understanding is what will really help solar and wind.
Well the glimmer of hope is the following;My outlook is still depressed as hell for the next century. Barring a miracle, I don't know how we dig ourselves out of this hole. Scientists estimate we are using 1.6 Earth's worth of resources. We need a dramatic change in resource utilization to preserve humanity long term.
The more miserable people in the world the easier it is to say, "Thank God for White privilege."Needless to say many conservative groups are extremely concerned about reductions in population.
Wind, solar, and battery farms. Solar and wind are dirt cheap.My outlook is still depressed as hell for the next century. Barring a miracle, I don't know how we dig ourselves out of this hole. Scientists estimate we are using 1.6 Earth's worth of resources. We need a dramatic change in resource utilization to preserve humanity long term.
Yea, Fusion is going to be late to the game and we're collectively not doing enough to curb missions globally.My outlook is still depressed as hell for the next century. Barring a miracle, I don't know how we dig ourselves out of this hole. Scientists estimate we are using 1.6 Earth's worth of resources. We need a dramatic change in resource utilization to preserve humanity long term.
Should dump iron into the oceans to feed CO2 chomping bacteria.Yea, Fusion is going to be late to the game and we're collectively not doing enough to curb missions globally.
So. We're going to get aerosol injections to the stratosphere interim until our technology catches up.
"Climate Engineering" they call it.
What could possibly go wrong right? Meh. Lets get this thing done.
Ukraine is doing a great job of dumping iron in the seaShould dump iron into the oceans to feed CO2 chomping bacteria.
Interesting if used to progress humanity towards becoming a spacefaring species.Fusion record set for tungsten tokamak WEST
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory researchers measured a new record for a fusion device internally clad in tungsten. The device sustained a fusion reaction for a record six minutes and four seconds with 1.15 gigajoules of power injected, 15% more energy and twice the density than before. PPPL...www.pppl.gov
While there is geothermal energy available in the areas of the crust we can reach, Earths molten core is very much out of reach.Interesting if used to progress humanity towards becoming a spacefaring species.
But on Earth? It just sounds dumb at the moment with energy more easily available from the Earth's molten core. Is anyone working on extracting that and putting it to good use?
Humanity must unite and start digging!The deepest hole we’ve made is 12Km. The core starts around 3000Km deep.
Sure we could. Just tell the gun nuts that those other gun nuts have a gun that can almost shoot right through the mf'ing earth. Should have a hole to the core in about six weeks.While there is geothermal energy available in the areas of the crust we can reach, Earths molten core is very much out of reach.
The deepest hole we’ve made is 12Km. The core starts around 3000Km deep. Fusion is easier than drilling that deep (without unobtanium, IYKYK)
Could also pull so much energy out of the core we cause many other issues. Yeah, it'd take a long time, but fusion is probably better.