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dr_rat
Jun 4, 2001

Gavrilo Princip posted:

I'm currently working in this field, what exactly do you want to know? Working power plants are a long way off, although a functioning prototype (the DEMO reactor) is the next phase of development after ITER. Current timescales put DEMO at around 15-20 years after ITER begins operation (which should happen within a few years). Notional plants maybe 10-15 years after that. Not the most hopeful timescale, it's true, but speaking with a decent knowledge of the current state of the field, it is likely to actually happen.


bah, Lockheed martin say they going to have one in two and half years!

As far as I can tell no one other than Lockheed martin thinks this.

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dr_rat
Jun 4, 2001
Lightnings like pure energy. Can't we just get everyone to walk around any near by open fields with a lightning rod connected to a bunch of batteries.

It would be like natures lottery. Get struck by lightning, free electricity for a year!

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