Comments by "nuqwestr" (@nuqwestr) on "Major breakthrough on nuclear fusion energy - BBC News" video.

  1. Next Gen Nuke does not have "melt-down" issue, walk-away safe, and available now.
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  2.  @ethan17748  We need rockets, too, since the moon has material needed for this technology, and first comes commercial use of MSBRs.
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  3.  @yunghoprincelysafeh8199  Don't laugh, unlimited energy and Qbit blockchain will ignite a punctuation point in human evolution.
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  4. We should be putting greater resources behind Next Gen fission like MSBRs, China just went online with one last October.
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  5. NIF in California surpassed the break-even point last August, but still just in an experimental stage, so probably not in my lifetime. Having said that, my grandfather drove a horse-cart in Downtown Los Angeles in 1919 and lived to see a man walk on the moon. Often advances ignite and become exponential, like Moore's Law.
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  6.  @starvingbull2377  If that were true, that "fusion" is not possible, all existence would not be possible.
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  7. Big oil is investing in it, LOL
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  8.  @endintiers  good point, but the avenue is still open since many unknowns.
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  9.  @VolkerHett  China went online with a working MSBR last October. Sustained reaction with thorium successful decades ago.
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  10.  @VolkerHett  Yes, the corrosive salts an issue, but new materials coming online, too, like a new form of plastic called 2DPA-1. Stronger than steel and does not corrode.
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  11.  @willis936  Yes, but are you saying the technology is not transferable to civilian use? That would go against history.
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  12.  @willis936  That's a statement of politics and ideology, not science. Do you know the story of my cousin, "Hymie" Rickover?
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  13.  @CarlosAM1  I believe there's Deuterium on the Moon too, and extraction temps easier and safer to come-by there, especially for establishing a base. No oceans though, give you that.
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  14.  @CarlosAM1  Yes, understood, I framed my statement poorly, we still need rockets, and can do both.
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  15.  @adrianthoroughgood1191  Yes, but the H bomb requires fission first to trigger fusion reaction, so there is deadly radiation from it.
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  16. Experiments at Lawrence Livermore Labs has surpassed the "break-even" point with their Laser-Fusion tests. August 2021.
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  17.  @StormGod29  That's made clear by the NIF team, my read is we should be putting bigger bets on next gen fission for now.
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  18.  @StormGod29  Yes. and the father of climate change science himself, Dr. James Hansen, said as much to congress. But whether Gen IV or MSRs, still a lot of bad press to overcome.
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