The real problem assailing our world is Climate Change, caused by uncontrolled greed for fossil fuels. OK, we at LSS obsess about lack of new anti microbial drugs, and there are lots of wars and things. But, quite simply, climate change will finish with us in the next couple of decades. or at least reduce the survivors to the most pitiable levels of existence. Renewables are making some progress, and nuclear fission is always there, although it’s a fearsome option. But the essential problem for the educated remains. How to provide a cheap clean source of energy so that the ignorant and greedy mass of mankind don’t mind being saved from themselves?
Nuclear fusion has been the dream for decades. Until very recently progress has been nugatory, as we used to report in this blog (LSS passim) This year, however, we are happy to report real progress. In January the magnificent Chinese achieved a world record burn of 1066 seconds(LSS 25 1 25) Now an ingenious team at the WEST reactor in France has smashed that, by achieving 1337 seconds. This link to Victoria Allen of the Mail will give you plenty of keywords to search further if you wish.[1]
It’s all like the world of early aviation around the 1900s isn’t it? When, after the Wright brothers’ breakthrough, people rapidly competed to smash records This time the prize is greater. Non-polluting, non-toxic limitless energy, available to every country. But to push the aviation metaphor further, although it was some years before safe, practicable powered aeroplanes became possible, the best minds got there. Maybe they will do so again.
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Nice article 🎸🎸
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many thanks satyam
many thanks
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