This is a breakthrough, but still a very long way away from fusion being a practical source of energy. The net positive reaction lasted about five seconds.
But still in my mind an exciting breakthrough (if they do in fact confirm it) and something we simply must achieve if we want to make a true transformation to our economy going forward.
Be looking forward to hearing more about this.
Just so I am clear, I swore I picked Outside the Beltway. Was it me that picked Community Feedback?
Apologies and I will edit.
While I would love for this to be true I ain’t gonna believe it until I see it. I’ve heard it too many times before.
Even if this is true, it’s step 1 with a million more to go, so I’m willing to give it the benefit of the doubt.
Yes, Fusion is always 30 years away and just needs more funding.
Hey, if it may lead somewhere I say rock on!
Exactly… It’s a holy grail.
Like the cure for cancer. I’ll have hope, but I’m not gonna hold my breath.
I’m with you. I have been reading about fusion breakthroughs since 1989.
Let’s say it’s true…how long before China steals it?
Well it’s a tough nut to crack.
Even if this shows the promise they are hyping, it is still years away.
I look forward to putting a Mr. Fusion on my car.
So here is the announcement.
But it just dawned on me…
…when they say they got a net energy positive reaction (2 MJ in, 3 MJ out)…
…does the 2 MJ include the energy it took to build the equipment that powered the experiment?
Because if it didn’t…it wasn’t a net energy positive outcome.
I bet they aren’t thinking total systems energy like this.
The reason fossil fuels are so good is we generate much more energy than the energy it takes to extract the fossil fuels. Because fossil fuels are so energy dense.
Fusion can’t take over unless the total system energy is majorly net energy positive.
And that is going to take a while…
Once O’Reily’s get their stock back on the shelves, I’ll have the last part I need.
And people wonder why there are dead planets.
I don’t wonder. It was Comet Encke. People used to call it Lucifer back when it bathed the night sky in false light. 
That only kills most living things. We are going for complete annihilation. Get the job done.
Martians did pretty well for getting it done, but there are plenty of dead planets out there. Think positive.
Fusion will be great…right up to the point that someone weaponizes it.
Edward Teller and Stanislaw Ulam “weaponized” fusion 70 years ago.
I wonder if that guy in the first post knows that Tritium powers all of the ~3,000,000 standard-issue ACOGs in the Army. 
