Fusion not so far away

[mapuc]

The last few month I have through IFL, Discovery Science and other science pages on FB, got interesting information

After have read all these interesting stuff, I guess we are about 15-20 years from the first real tokamak or stellarator reactor for commercial testing.

For eventually dreamers

Even though it is clean and a more power out than in, the electro company will find a way so we still have to pay a lot for out electricity.

Markus

[Oberon]

I think we've been 15 years away from Fusion for about 30 years now.

[mapuc]

It articles like these

http://www.iflscience.com/tags/nuclear-fusion

http://www.iflscience.com/tags/nuclear-fusion

http://www.iflscience.com/tags/nuclear-fusion

And many more have made me wonder if we are going to see a commercial fusion reactor in 15-20 years from now. The could of course be some backfire that made this moved further into the future

Markus

[Oberon]

One can hope, but it's like the announcements from NASA, you get so many of them that you tend to become a little bit wary of jumping the gun.
Certainly we're close, damn close, but we'll see if it happens in my lifetime.
Would certainly be nice though.

[Platapus]

I am glad we have people working on this, but I am not holding my breath

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Oberon

I think we've been 15 years away from Fusion for about 30 years now.

Best if we prepare ourselve for another thirty maybe.

[mapuc]

You are right I was a little too optimistic putting up a time frame.

I do say-They will solve some of the problems that lays ahead when this will happen I don't know.

As Oberon said-Certainly we're close

Markus

[Mittelwaechter]

Have you ever considered what would happen to mankind, if we came up with some free energy device? It would change the planetary social structure and destroy whole societies, dependent on energy export.
And - whoever works and has an income, due to his workforce being cheaper than the equivalent of energy, would lose his job.

We are not prepared for free energy.

[Oberon]

Originally Posted by Mittelwaechter

Have you ever considered what would happen to mankind, if we came up with some free energy device? It would change the planetary social structure and destroy whole societies, dependent on energy export.
And - whoever works and has an income, due to his workforce being cheaper than the equivalent of energy, would lose his job.

We are not prepared for free energy.

Oh, they'd find a way to monetise it somehow.
In regards to societies dependent on energy export, I think we're seeing a fair bit of that now with the collapse in oil prices, I hear Nigeria is heading to the IMF with cap in hand because its economy is failing due to the oil prices.

I think the real problem we've got coming is the increasing mechanisation of the workforce and the reduction of available job opportunities that this will create.

[mapuc]

Originally Posted by Mittelwaechter

Have you ever considered what would happen to mankind, if we came up with some free energy device? It would change the planetary social structure and destroy whole societies, dependent on energy export.
And - whoever works and has an income, due to his workforce being cheaper than the equivalent of energy, would lose his job.

We are not prepared for free energy.

I mentioned that in my first post

"For eventually dreamers

Even though it is clean and a more power out than in, the electro company will find a way so we still have to pay a lot for out electricity.
"

I wrote it in a different way.

Markus