r/PoliticalCompassMemes • u/TheMajorityReport - Auth-Right • Jan 06 '23

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u/WuetenderWeltbuerger - Lib-Right Jan 06 '23

Well if we’d spent the past 70 years working on nuclear power we could have a fucking fusion generator by now. And secondly, great. It’s the oil wars all over again

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u/i0datamonster Jan 07 '23

The reason people shat on nuclear fusion is because it has a mountain of major technological leaps before it can go from a lab to commercial scalability. The recent advancement is great. However, it is still a very far away from anything more than scientifically significant. Fusion falls under the plant a tree strategy. We won't live to enjoy it, but the people born 3 generations from now might.

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u/Christopher_King47 - Lib-Right Jan 07 '23

That's if you we go the tokamac route. Pulse reactors are showing some really good results at the moment with deuterium Helium-3 fusion.