> CERN is anchored to the EU. ITER is anchored to the EU.
Anchored, yeah sure. So you're listing something that isn't in the EU, which is revealing. ITER is entirely irrelevant. It's a pork project that won't result in much. The biggest breakthroughs in fusion will derive from smaller projects, not giant slow-moving projects like ITER. The next 20-30 years of energy generation is wind, natural gas, oil, solar, some hydrogen and nuclear (and primarily only China is brave enough to build that). Fusion will make zero contribution in that time.
> BioNtech made the first breakthrough on a COVID vaccine.
Moderna was just as well positioned as BioNtech, you're more than reaching. Russia and China also have apparently successful vaccines being deployed.
> The EU has many issues, but losing leadership in the sectors you mentioned is not one of them.
That's true in the sense that the EU never had leadership in most fields to begin with.
Fusion research needs a lot of money and resources. I honestly doubt it can be done by a startup. Nuclear fission was done by very well funded military research. It is true that China has licensed basically every nuclear design, but France is still a leader in nuclear fission.
I believe that if startups can keep losing billions each year and go public without ever running a profit, then startups may just as well be able to create a fusion power plant.
> Anchored, yeah sure. So you're listing something that isn't in the EU, which is revealing
It is surrounded by EU
countries, in a country that is a pseudo-EU member. You're reaching.
> ITER is entirely irrelevant. It's a pork project that won't result in much.
Unless you have a seer's eye, these kinds of claims are baseless.
> The next 20-30 years of energy generation is wind, natural gas, oil, solar, some hydrogen and nuclear (and primarily only China is brave enough to build that)
Agreed and a sad state of affairs
> Moderna was just as well positioned as BioNtech
Which makes Moderna a leader too? It doesn't diminish BioNtech's work.
> That's true in the sense that the EU never had leadership in most fields to begin with.
You literally had to ignore multiple points in my parent comment to even be able to make this claim. Revealing..
Edit: not to mention we are commenting under an article that partly concerns ASML..
Anchored, yeah sure. So you're listing something that isn't in the EU, which is revealing. ITER is entirely irrelevant. It's a pork project that won't result in much. The biggest breakthroughs in fusion will derive from smaller projects, not giant slow-moving projects like ITER. The next 20-30 years of energy generation is wind, natural gas, oil, solar, some hydrogen and nuclear (and primarily only China is brave enough to build that). Fusion will make zero contribution in that time.
> BioNtech made the first breakthrough on a COVID vaccine.
Moderna was just as well positioned as BioNtech, you're more than reaching. Russia and China also have apparently successful vaccines being deployed.
> The EU has many issues, but losing leadership in the sectors you mentioned is not one of them.
That's true in the sense that the EU never had leadership in most fields to begin with.