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[-] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 months ago

How about fusion power and room temperature superconductors...

[-] Canonical_Warlock@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 months ago

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.

[-] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca -1 points 2 months ago

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.

[-] untorquer@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

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

[-] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 months ago

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.

[-] untorquer@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

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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