• ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.mlOP
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    4 days ago

    15 min would be huge, it’s going to be really interesting to see what this all looks like in a few years. Honestly, China cracking fusion would be the real new Sputnik moment for the world.

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      4 days ago

      The article says they, and another facility in France, achieved over 1000 seconds last year. I dunno, we’ve been told we’re getting close to fusion power for about 70 years, now. I’m not optimistic.

      • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.mlOP
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        If you look at the amount of funding fusion has been receiving up to now, it’s not really surprising that not much progress has happened. If China ends up devoting resources towards making it happen at state level, that’s a whole different game.