So, the mainline effort is focused on Tokamaks with good reason. A huge population of the smartest physicists around have been debating this topic for several decades. Not to be rude, but armchair opinions here aren't worth much vs that.
Yes we have been building dozens of these. But that's also because it's fundamentally a very difficult project. Do you somehow expect airplanes to go from the Wright flyer to a jumbo jet in less than a dozen steps?
There's also been plenty of research into alternatives. Germany is building a stellarator.
There's also a whole cohort of startups looking at more speculative ideas.
I'm not saying there can't or shouldn't be more research into more alternatives. I am saying it's unreasonable to look at tokamak research as some sort of dead horse we're flogging.
Yes we have been building dozens of these. But that's also because it's fundamentally a very difficult project. Do you somehow expect airplanes to go from the Wright flyer to a jumbo jet in less than a dozen steps?
There's also been plenty of research into alternatives. Germany is building a stellarator.
There's also a whole cohort of startups looking at more speculative ideas.
I'm not saying there can't or shouldn't be more research into more alternatives. I am saying it's unreasonable to look at tokamak research as some sort of dead horse we're flogging.