British Researchers Say Fusion Is Close

sh00z writes: "The article quotes a leading scientist saying that Fusion power is 'within reach' in the next decade, with commercial plants to follow within another 10 or so years. Shhhh. Don't tell anyone at Texas A&M. They might just jump the starting gun again."

Comments

Definition of "Real Soon"

[PD]

For years, fusion has been 50 years away. To find out what date most people think fusion will become practical, all you need to do is add 50 to the current year. That means that fusion will be practical in 2051.

Of course in 2051, fusion will still be 50 years away.

Amazingly, by calculating the density and power requirements of the latest and greatest CPUs from Intel, we get the same number. By Moore's law of fusion, the heat and energy available to start a fusion reaction in a typical Intel processor doubles each year. By a simple formula, you can determine that in the year 2051 Intel CPU's will be so hot they can fuse hydrogen! This amazing calculation through two independent means confirms the majority opinion: fusion is still 50 years off.

I'm sure there's somebody out there trying to imagine a Beowulf cluser of fusion processors.

No Fun At All

[TripleP]

Damn Cold Fusion! I was starting to really enjoy the rolling blackouts, besides the super long coffee breaks, I got to grope the hot intern in the copy room when the lights went out.

Re:Fusion != Cold Fusion

[jitenpai]

Well.... cold fusion is already commercially available

Re:Call me a cynic...

[warmcat]

Tampons and Beer... that'll need a lot of marketing to overtake Gin and Tonic.

Fusion Safety

[billstewart]

Fusion reactors are only safe if you can provide adequate shielding and keep them far enough away from people.

93 million miles and an ozone layer seems about right.