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Pull the Plug On Fusion Power

Posted by DFM on April 17, 2025, 2:03 pm

https://mb.boardhost.com/IdeasForAmerica/msg/1744846620.html

Trumpsters hate science

Posted by jsmith on April 23, 2025, 3:31 pm, in reply to "Pull the Plug On Fusion Power"

Oil companies told you to, right?

No. Common sense told me that a technology that has failed for over 50 years

Posted by DFM on April 23, 2025, 7:43 pm, in reply to "Trumpsters hate science"

is NOT likely to EVER WORK.

The hate is about woke waste.

Posted by GOG on April 23, 2025, 6:52 pm, in reply to "Trumpsters hate science"

Elon Musk criticizes Fusion Power.

Posted by Ken C on April 23, 2025, 11:42 am, in reply to "Pull the Plug On Fusion Power"

Musk is good at predicting future technology. If Musk does not like it, it's probably a bad idea.

https://futurism.com/elon-musk-slams-fusion

"Fusion would be expensive energy, given difficulty of obtaining and transporting source fuel, plus maintaining the reactor," Musk argued in a Thursday tweet. "Far better to use the Sun — thermonuclear reactor with no need to refuel or service."

Those criticisms aren't entirely misplaced, either. Try as they might, scientists have yet to crack the code of fusion, with current reactors still requiring far more energy to get started than they're able to produce, despite many decades of research.

To Musk, we already have the answer to a much greener future.

"The primary solution to a sustainable energy future is solar/wind with batteries for when sun doesn’t shine or wind doesn’t blow, interconnected with conventional high voltage lines," he added in a follow-up. "No unknown technology is needed!"

Yes!! There are many plugs in need of pulling. AI comes to mind.

Posted by GOG on April 23, 2025, 10:44 am, in reply to "Pull the Plug On Fusion Power"

The nut jobs are going to turn the earth into a mini-me sun.

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