The news that China’s new nuclear fusion record cannot come a moment too soon. The Experimental Advanced Tokamak has achieved a record “burn” of 1066 seconds. Way , way beyond anything which they or anyone else had achieved so far. Seventeen minutes of artificial sun, here on this planet. The prospect of abundant, cheap and above all clean energy just got a little closer.[1]
God knows we could all do with some good news at the moment. With America deliberately marching backwards to the twentieth century by going back to oil and coal, China has clearly set itself on the path to leadership on the transition to a safe planet. But will that be the only issue they have to resolve?
[1]https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/nuclear-energy/chinas-artificial-sun-shatters-nuclear-fusion-record-by-generating-steady-loop-of-plasma-for-1-000-seconds
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