I always got a kick out of that graph and realistically it can apply to so many worthwhile projects we start but can’t commit to. For example: California High Speed Rail, or really any high speed rail In the US. Preventing climate change
My eye is immediately drawn to the “fusion: never” investment and how far we are below it.
But realistically for fusion whether that would have been true or not, we’ve made huge advancements in computation and modeling, lasers, materials, that just never could have happened on those timelines. Maybe the Tokamak would have worked but the stellarator or laser ignition never could have. While we still don’t have an answer, it might not be the tokamak
Don’t talk as if it was ever funded, that’s the whole point.
I always got a kick out of that graph and realistically it can apply to so many worthwhile projects we start but can’t commit to. For example: California High Speed Rail, or really any high speed rail In the US. Preventing climate change
My eye is immediately drawn to the “fusion: never” investment and how far we are below it.
But realistically for fusion whether that would have been true or not, we’ve made huge advancements in computation and modeling, lasers, materials, that just never could have happened on those timelines. Maybe the Tokamak would have worked but the stellarator or laser ignition never could have. While we still don’t have an answer, it might not be the tokamak
You are applying funding for research to funding for infrastructure? You either have no clue or are discussing in bad faith. Or both.