Nuclear fusion VC is so lacking in engineering substance that even the VC news site calls it out
https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/the-fusion-bulls-are-defying-vc-conventions
"a bet on fusion euphoria" yer tellin me
@davidgerard #Energy from #NuclearFusion that is cheap, clean and abundant will always be “30 years away”. https://thebulletin.org/premium/2024-11/introduction-fusion-the-next-big-thing-again/
That’s because any longer would be of no use to greedy and *old* investors. While any sooner would require more rapid progress to get skeptical investors to ‘open their wallets’.
People have been losing money and credibility speculating on #fusion schemes for over half a century, but as P. T. Barnum observed, “There’s a sucker born every minute!”
Chinese scientists have broken a key fusion barrier, achieving stable plasma density beyond the theoretical Greenwald Limit. This breakthrough in their "artificial Sun" reactor could pave a scalable path to practical, high-output fusion energy.
https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/nuclear-fusion-china-artificial-sun-b2896015.html
China is building one of the most advanced fusion reactors on Earth—a facility that could generate nearly limitless clean energy.
Billy Smith
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Here’s a short clip from the control room of the Large Helical Device at NIFS — the world’s largest heliotron investigating magnetically confined fusion plasmas. 🔥 #Fusion #Science
On the small screens, you can see a plasma discharge in progress. We recently achieved the longest detached discharges ever in a heliotron.
Here’s a short clip from the control room of the Large Helical Device at NIFS — the world’s largest heliotron investigating magnetically confined fusion plasmas. 🔥 #Fusion #Science
On the small screens, you can see a plasma discharge in progress. We recently achieved the longest detached discharges ever in a heliotron.
China has launched the BEST project, a next-generation "artificial sun" fusion reactor, aiming to achieve a self-sustaining burning plasma by 2027.
The goal is to produce more clean energy than it consumes, a major milestone. The project is open for international collaboration, with scientists from over ten countries signing the Hefei Fusion Declaration to jointly tackle the engineering and physics challenges of harnessing nuclear fusion.
https://chinaminutes.com/2025/11/24/china-launches-best-project-to-ignite-the-artificial-sun
Leo
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Freddie Hubbard: Straight Life
Features Jack DeJohnette on à killer set of #fusion #funk #vinyl @vinylrecords #jazz #JazzFusion #CTI #NowPlaying
Freddie Hubbard: Straight Life
Features Jack DeJohnette on à killer set of #fusion #funk #vinyl @vinylrecords #jazz #JazzFusion #CTI #NowPlaying
#Energy Secy Wright said the systems would "supercharge" advances in #NuclearPower & #fusion energy, #technologies for #defense & #NationalSecurity, & the development of #drugs.
Scientists & companies are trying to replicate fusion, the reaction that fuels the sun, by jamming light atoms in a plasma gas under intense heat & pressure to release massive amounts of energy.
#science #law #EnvironmentalLaw #AI #tech #electricity #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis
…"We're going to get just massively faster progress using the computation from these #AI systems that I believe will have practical pathways to harness #fusion #energy in the next 2 or 3 years."
Wright said the #supercomputers would also help manage the US arsenal of #NuclearWeapons [Skynet anyone?] & accelerate #drug discovery by simulating ways to treat #cancer down to the
molecular level.
#science #law #EnvironmentalLaw #tech #electricity #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis
The US is building the 2 machines to ensure the country has enough #supercomputers to run increasingly complex experiments that require harnessing enormous amounts of data-crunching capability. The machines can accelerate the process of making scientific discoveries in areas the US is focused on.
#science #law #EnvironmentalLaw #AI #tech #energy #electricity #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis
#Energy Secy Wright said the systems would "supercharge" advances in #NuclearPower & #fusion energy, #technologies for #defense & #NationalSecurity, & the development of #drugs.
Scientists & companies are trying to replicate fusion, the reaction that fuels the sun, by jamming light atoms in a plasma gas under intense heat & pressure to release massive amounts of energy.
#science #law #EnvironmentalLaw #AI #tech #electricity #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis
YunoHost :disability_flag:
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@elena totally agree, last month I :
1. Installed #yunohost
2. Google photo freed myself
3. SelfHosted my blog with #pelican
4. Installed #FitTrackee to host my riding and hiking GPX to get free from komoot
5. Installed #Fusion as RSS server
6. Installed Peertube
7. #N8N to automate
8. and #listmonk to manage my side project
Self-hosting is so joyful...
And there is so much I want to do....
My digital independence roadmap for the year ahead:
Phase 1: liberate my music and movie libraries with #Jellyfin (I just installed it YAY)
Phase 2: liberate my audiobook collection with #AudioBookshelf
Phase 3: liberate my photo and video libraries with #Immich / stop paying for iCloud
Phase 4: jailbreak my Kindle and liberate my eBook collection
Looks like I will be busy through the end of 2026 😅
Once you start #selfhosting, there is no way back 💪
#digitalsovereignty #BTfree
@elena totally agree, last month I :
1. Installed #yunohost
2. Google photo freed myself
3. SelfHosted my blog with #pelican
4. Installed #FitTrackee to host my riding and hiking GPX to get free from komoot
5. Installed #Fusion as RSS server
6. Installed Peertube
7. #N8N to automate
8. and #listmonk to manage my side project
Self-hosting is so joyful...
And there is so much I want to do....
A Chinese research team has unveiled a data-driven control system for the star-forged hearts of tokamaks. If the system is able to dynamically shape the plasma envelope in order to sustain fusion, that could potentially heralding the dawn of a new energy age.
Bei aller Häme sollten wir nicht vergessen, dass da eine knallharte Agenda hintersteckt:
#Fusion wird als naheliegende Lösung geframed, damit niemand mehr nachfragt wie es um den klimaneutralen Umbau der Energiewirtschaft steht. Sie macht das nicht weil sie dumm ist, sondern weil sie eiskalt Lobbyinteressen vertritt.
Wenn dein Netzwerk über die #Fusion redet brauchst du ein neues Netzwerk