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[–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

ITER is still well under way as far as fusion goes. I doubt room temp super conductors will ever be a thing though. If we can get a metalic material which superconducts above the boiling point of nitrogen then that will be world changing enough.

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  • [–] -1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    LOL. ITER is not and has never been meant to be a fusion power plant. That would be DEMO.

    Don't hold your breath.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DEMOnstration_Power_Plant

    Fusion power will never, ever happen. Ever.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Yeah just wait for the oil/LNG and helium reserves to run out. 🫠

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Yes, I'm sure something as simple and resource-light as a fusion reactor will be exactly the thing we'll be able to build when the oil runs out.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago* (1 child)

    Oil/LNG not likely to be exhausted in our lifetime, nor do we seem to have the global political willpower to do enough about climate change or perturb capital. Furthermore, the article talks about a lack of VC finding making it unlikely to be viable in the mean time. This is the basis of the sardonic statement in agreement with your comment but also intending to cast a political light on the concern from my end.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Oil/LNG not likely to be exhausted in our lifetime,

    Indeed not, but that EROEI is going towards 1, and maybe even <1. That's not the same type of civilization any more. One sends people to play golf on the Moon to impress the neighbors.

    The other densifies its cities in desperation hoping the food doesn't run out.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago* (2 children)

    Look at CFS SPARC, not ITER

    They will have an actual functioning fusion machine with Q>10 by end of this year thanks to high temperature superconductors that were not available when ITER started

    https://cfs.energy/

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