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6. Well, as optimistic as I am that we will have commercial fusion soon...

Mon Mar 16, 2026, 07:51 PM

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… I’m afraid it’s probably a decade (or two) too late.

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How U.S. states can attract fusion power plants: A new CFS white paper [View all] OKIsItJustMe Yesterday OP

Coming soon - "How US States Can Attract Herds Of Unicorns" hatrack Yesterday #1

This is not some start-up run by dreamers OKIsItJustMe Yesterday #3

Well, as optimistic as I am that we will have commercial fusion soon... OKIsItJustMe Yesterday #6

Jeez, where does the other half come from? I know it's not cow farts. FadedMullet 4 hrs ago #18

It's the 75th anniversary of the Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. NNadir 21 hrs ago #12

And Edison made a coal burning plant in 1844 OKIsItJustMe 9 hrs ago #15

A Star in a Bottle: The Quest for Commercial Fusion OKIsItJustMe Yesterday #5

Energy as limitless abundance will outpace all other inputs bucolic_frolic Yesterday #2

Hmmm lonely bird Yesterday #9

The direct product of the fusion reaction is heat OKIsItJustMe 23 hrs ago #10

Sure lonely bird 11 hrs ago #13

The great breakthrough of this design OKIsItJustMe 9 hrs ago #14

How are they generating the hot plasma? lonely bird 5 hrs ago #17

Multiple methods are used to initially heat the plasma OKIsItJustMe 3 hrs ago #19