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Fusion is not 20 years in the future.It’s 50 years in the past–and we missed it

20 pointsby zero_koolover 4 years ago

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ALittleLightover 4 years ago
&quot;The deuterium in a single cubic meter of seawater contains the as much energy as nearly 1,400 barrels of crude oil - enough to supply the civilizaton&#x27;s energy needs for hundreds of millions of years - until long after the Sun itself has flamed out.&quot;<p>What does that sentence mean? It seems like a claim that the energy of 1,400 barrels of crude oil is enough to sustain civilization for a long time, but that seems implausible to me. Also, off by an order of magnitude on the timeline for the sun burning out.<p>Whenever I read stuff like this now I start to get paranoid that this is written by GPT-3.
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joeberonover 4 years ago
I can’t possibly believe that this would not already have been pounced on by both scientists and major governments if it were as promising as made out here, sorry.
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vbezhenarover 4 years ago
<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Fusor" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Fusor</a> : Fusors are not considered a viable concept for large-scale energy production by scientists.
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