MattFeb 28

I just found out that in 2022 the NIF achieved ignition in a nuclear fusion reaction. Multiple times since (because science, gotta re-test and confirm) with MJ of energy.

HOW is this not something that has been more widely talked about and investing for the next steps?!? Oh, right. Capitalism.

Show threadMike HelmersFeb 28
@Aerthos any links to aritcles? I'm intrigued.
Show threadMattFeb 28
@mike https://www.llnl.gov/article/49301/shot-ages-fusion-ignition-breakthrough-hailed-one-most-impressive-scientific-feats-21st
A shot for the ages: Fusion ignition breakthrough hailed as ‘one of the most impressive scientific feats of the 21st century’

Call it the shot heard 'round the world. The monumental, first-ever demonstration of fusion ignition by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's (LLNL) National Ignition Facility (NIF) marks a potentially world-changing breakthrough for fusion energy and a key initial step in a decades-long quest for limitless clean energy, U.S. government officials and LLNL scientists said Tuesday. At an historic press conference held at U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) headquarters in Washington, D.C., officials with DOE, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), the National Nuclear

Show threadMike HelmersMar 1
@Aerthos This is very cool!
Show threadMatt
@mike I know, right? Best follow-up I could find was something like a 10-year-plus plan to create a power plant that could safely leverage it, but nothing about what kind of grant money was being used or if there was any kind of private investment involved.
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