Someday in a hoped-for future, when there may be thousands of fusion plants powering clean electric grids around the world, Zuber says, “I think we’re going to look back and think about how we got there, and I think the demonstration of the magnet technology, for me, is the time when I believed that, wow, we can really do this.”
poprock wrote:I suppose it’s a race now. Can fusion be made safe and affordable for the whole world before we fuck the climate past the point of human survival?
If I were one of the Bezos/Musk millionaire bros I would be throwing my entire fortune at this to help accelerate it.
davyK wrote:Certainly. Off planet data backups is a pleasing tech challenge with practical applications. But we need to wise up to how wonderful our planet is and how much payback we get from keeping it habitable.
I've been amazed how well wildlife can recover. Our garden has been cultivated by Wifey and it's quickly become a haven for bees and butterflies....mini-beasts I haven't seen in years in any appreciable volume.
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