🃏Joker to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 5 days agoMIT spinout Commonwealth Fusion Systems unveils plans for the world’s first fusion power plantnews.mit.eduexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up113arrow-down11
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minus-squarejet@hackertalks.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·5 days agoI know that’s what they say, but if sustainable fusion was a reality I would have expected it to be much bigger news
minus-squareInfinite@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 days agoMore cynically, I’m dubious the current media complex would report heavily on something that: disrupts some of the feudal infrastructure chain most people don’t understand the oligarchs certainly don’t understand
minus-squarecapital@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 days agoI was equally confused when I read this article. I guess they’re just so sure it’s going to happen that they’re at this stage? I guess I expect more fanfare once they produce net positive energy for a usable amount of time?
minus-squarejet@hackertalks.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·4 days agoYeah, I guess 6 years away is a improvement over the usual 20 years away.
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·4 days agoI’m going to go out on a limb and say this is more of a PR stunt
minus-squarecapital@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days ago/shrug. I hope not. But have literally no idea.
I know that’s what they say, but if sustainable fusion was a reality I would have expected it to be much bigger news
More cynically, I’m dubious the current media complex would report heavily on something that:
I was equally confused when I read this article. I guess they’re just so sure it’s going to happen that they’re at this stage?
I guess I expect more fanfare once they produce net positive energy for a usable amount of time?
Yeah, I guess 6 years away is a improvement over the usual 20 years away.
I’m going to go out on a limb and say this is more of a PR stunt
/shrug. I hope not. But have literally no idea.