This is huge. Why? Because it validates a bigger design in process. This is about survival of all of us. Read on.
Operating the power plants of the future based on fusion would produce no greenhouse gases and only very small amounts of short-lived radioactive waste. Between solar, wind and fusion, we must get there to survive.
“These experiments we’ve just completed had to work,” said JET CEO Prof Ian Chapman. “If they hadn’t then we’d have real concerns about whether ITER could meet its goals.
But….Jon Amos: “Fusion is not a solution to get us to 2050 net zero. This is a solution to power society in the second half of this century.”
But…this is a huge step towards a sustainable 2050 and beyond.
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-60312633
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