>Fusion reactors will never be developed and commercialised in your life time
Feels bad man.
>>51883021
Why would I even need a fusion reactor?
>>51883021
Because they don't work.
>>51883065
>the sun doesn't work.
We have enough fossil fuels to last us for around another century.
>>51883041
>>51883065
>>51883279
Oil companies pls go. Fusion would be far, far cheaper than anything we have now, and allow for all sorts of new technologies like mass-scale water desalination and desert reclamation, dirt-cheap metal smelting, transonic magnetism-propelled transportation, and practical interplanetary space travel.
>>51883375
Autism
>>51883375
So where's the self-sustaining fusion power? protip: it has never happened before
>>51883392
You're on the technology board m8, the luddite discussion forums are this way:
>>>/pol/
>>>/biz/
>>51883392
Retardation
>>51883412
Look up. Do you see that big birght thing?
>where is the smartphone, it has never happened before
>where is the internet, it has never happened before
>where is the airplane, it has never happened before
>where is the automobile, it has never happened before
>where is the internal combustion engine, it has never happened before
>>51883412
>Nuclear fusion doesn't exist
>>51883480
It's just a theory.
>>51883459
>>51883480
okay, so let's build a sun on earth. it'll only take 40 billion years to complete.
>>51883533
>>51883533
A GAME THEORY!!!
>>51883412
>Thing has never been done before
>Therefore we should never spend money to do things
I'll bet you've never left your own country.
>>51883674
>He thinks going to some tourist trap in another country somehow makes him "cultured" and intelligent
KEK. I bet you don't even care about your own traditions and culture.
>>51883674
We've spent more than 50 years doing research on this. How long does it take to say it's long enough? 100 years? 150 years?
The problem with fusion based energy is that you need temperatures of around 800000000°K in order to work, and currently the only way to do that is to start with a fission based reaction, which produces harmful radiation defeating the purpose of a clean reactor
>>51883021
gee ya know I just cant figure out why
>>51883912
If that's what it takes to jump start a fusion reaction, I think it's acceptable.
>>51883969
Try telling that to the public. Even though fusion based reactions are completely safe and impossible to create a meltdown, the fact that you basically have to set off a small plutonium bomb to get them going would not go to well with the normies
>>51883691
>not going to other countries for work-related reasons.
>not going to other countries to visit pubs and festivals.
>not being cultured and intelligent in the first place.
it's like you don't even europe.
>>51884279
>it's like you don't even europe
yurop pls go
come back when your country's relevant
>>51883533
a gauss
>>51883041
To create a new sun where the earth is now
>>51884319
>has never even been outside of 'murrica
>things he can say shit about other countries
any1 wanting fusion reacters is basically trying to get us all killed tbfh so we better stick with clean and reliable energy like nuclear and oil...
>>51883021
Just build a rig with an overclocked FX-9590 and 4 R9 290Xs in crossfire, that'll generate enough heat to kickstart a fusion reactor.
>>51884193
I feel your pain bro
>>51884444
lol yeah anon you sound like you know how they work. at least use your words correctly you mongoloid.
>>51884444
>implying fusion isn't nuclear
There is ABSOLUTELY NO excuse, NONE, to have something as dangerous and hazardous to human and environmental life as a fusion reactor in 2015.
>>51884193
>the fact that you basically have to set off a small plutonium bomb to get them going would not go to well with the normies
That's the thing we need to research - how to jumpstart the fusion safely.
>>51883924
>paid over a trillion in taxes
>apple wont fork over a few billion
I know which company is more evil.
>>51884539
It is the current year, after all!
>>51884615
STOP trying to sound smart when your not, OKAY?
>>51884539
The excuse is that there is no danger, hazard and waste in a proper fusion reactor.
>>51884539
>to have something as dangerous and hazardous to human and environmental life as a fusion reactor
List of things at least as dangerous as a fusion reactor
>everything
>>51884539
>dangerous and hazardous to human and environmental life
what
the things don't even produce greenhouse gases or nuclear waste
>>51884624
S-sorry, senpai. I'll be sure to go vote in favor of the keystone pipeline right away. Thank you for showing me the truth
>>51883375
The whole idea is stupid to begin with. They expect to get more energy out of it than they put in. It's never going to work.
>mfw always when hippies and uninformed people block any option of new nuclear power plants being built
>mfw last year two new coal plants were built
I don't get the world.
>>51883761
There are lots of things we've been researching for quite some time and still don't understand. Do you honestly believe that we should give up simply because we haven't succeeded yet?
>>51884817
I can't tell if you're retarded or just trolling.
>>51883021
>US
Europe and Japan are still working on fusion.
The US just isn't a front runner for modern technology anymore.
>>51884817
>It's never going to work.
The science is sound, there are just a few issues that need to be worked out first.
>>51883912
Fairly sure they use electricity, not nuclear fission, to heat up the reactor?
>ITT ppl who don't understand the issues very clearly.
Fusion reactions are producible now and generate copious amounts of energy (far more than necessary to sustain the ongoing reaction). The issue is one of materials science and structural engineering.
At this point fusion reactors have to be quickly shut down before they tear themselves apart (actually before they begin leaking too much plasma). Once that is solved, probably by some sort of stellerator approach, then simple economics will ensure they're widespread use--regardless of any opposition to them.
>>51884817
>it's never going to work
>what is the sun
>>51884444
Quads confirm you autism
>>51883021
>1970
>fuck yeah lets do this brah. how are we gonna do it?
>1976
>holy shit were doing it look at us
>2015
>meh
Humans: doing the absolute minimum for 30 thousand years.
>>51885659
Oh how stupid of me. Let's go use the sun to provide all the base power that our society demands. Problem solved.
>>51885593
Can you give me some sources?
>>51883021
It's being worked on. DEMO is supposedly 20 years from spitting out power.
also lots of interesting other efforts..
http://www.generalfusion.com/
>>51885989
sure just dig into the literature (or even the public portals) on the operational procedures for to tokamak or stellerator systems used in research now. for example the latest stellerator research bed at Max Planck.
http://www.ipp.mpg.de/14779/stellarator
