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I'm happy to see lots of investment in fusion. As a fission guy, I know that plenty of challenges remain even after you get your first net energy out, such as getting it out economically. In fission, there were more than 20 years between these milestones (first chain reaction in 1942 from CP-1, first competitive power in 1965 from Oyster Creek).

As such, some skepticism in people's timelines is always warranted. I'm reminded of the voodoo fusion article. https://vixra.org/pdf/1812.0382v1.pdf



I have a relative who commented one time about how in 1960 year the fusion power was only 10 years away.

I'm pretty sure he was talking about sustainable electric grid usable power. He spent some time with a key in an underground silo though...




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