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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker Sep 26

    Nuclear fusion energy may no longer be "30 years away and always will be." New developments, including an exciting MIT startup, CFS. https://qz.com/1402282/  via @qz

    11:06 AM - 26 Sep 2018
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      1. pfmiller0‏ @pfmiller0 Sep 26
        Replying to @bergolav2 @sapinker @qz

        They don't provide a consistent level of output. And you can't really compare the costs of fusion power since we don't have any functional fusion plants operating yet.

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      1. Russ Mayne‏ @ebefl Sep 26
        Replying to @sapinker @qz

        I hope this is true

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      1. Era da pós verdade‏ @AdrianoCMendes Sep 26
        Replying to @sapinker @qz

        I've got my enlightment now! Reading and loving like all your others books! From Brazil!pic.twitter.com/BUIYJU7VBi

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      1. Gerd Keper‏ @GaKePe Sep 26
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        Stellarator FTW

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      2. Matias Kiviniemi‏ @RationalZone Sep 26
        Replying to @sapinker @qz

        The question for fusion is whether it's big enough improvement to warrant the extra costs. We're just hoping to get it working with much of the tech new, expensive and unreliable. How long does it take to scale to sufficient scale. Will it be too little, too late?

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      3. Matias Kiviniemi‏ @RationalZone Sep 26
        Replying to @RationalZone @sapinker @qz

        Especially compared to e.g. Thorium plants that solve biggest fission problems and is much cheaper and easier could be rolled out much faster more quickly.

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      1. Nesdon Booth‏ @Nesdon Sep 28
        Replying to @sapinker @qz

        Not just wind and solar but geo thermal biomass wave tide and hydro

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      1. Oklahoma Geek‏ @AnOkGeek Sep 27
        Replying to @sapinker @qz

        I hope it is true, claims that fusion will no longer be perpetually 30 years away are not exactly uncommon.

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      1. Miroslav Hundak‏ @FenringH Sep 26
        Replying to @sapinker @qz

        It's a nice positive outlook, but still no actual breakthrough. I do hope there is one soon. Also, the Sun doesn't have enough mass to collapse into a black hole. At best it can be a white dwarf. Also, electrostatic force and magnets are not quite the same.

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      1. Flame Angel‏ @FlameAngel8 Sep 26
        Replying to @sapinker @qz

        Fission works just fine. There is no reason for power generation to be fossil fuel based other than politics.

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      1. Korova Brahman‏ @AlbertoXparcia Sep 26
        Replying to @sapinker @qz

        Magnificent. By the way, this picture is better that those of "2001", althougt it doesn't come from a film.

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      1. Thorn‏ @TrustThornVaux Sep 26
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        Finally out of Fusion never territory, I hope

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      1. KO_Sulli‏ @KO_Sulli Sep 26
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        Check out @TAE

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      1. Robert Hampton‏ @sillynotabsurd Sep 26
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        Innovation is always the answer!

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