mikeymumbelz t1_iym3g5t wrote
I hear the promise of nuclear fusion almost as often as I hear Elon Musk promise 100% self-driving cars "next year."
jiggamain t1_iynje07 wrote
Lol. The self driving beta version is out in the wild as of a couple weeks ago, so…. There’s that.
mikeymumbelz t1_iyoft3g wrote
It has been in beta for years now. That's the point.
[deleted] t1_iynnqd3 wrote
One of these days… give or take a couple of hundred years. But still, one of these days, very soon.
kidnyou t1_iymqdj6 wrote
I worked (project analyst) at SAIC (govt contractor) on a project called ITER (International Thermonuclear Energy Research) which had multiple countries involved (US, Japan, and some EU members). Goal was a working fusion reactor within 5 years. This was in 1993.
Ronny_Jotten t1_iymdqle wrote
It's been 40 years away for the last 70 years.
Still waiting for my jet pack too, my vacation on the moon, and my two-way wrist TV. Ok, the last one I can check off. When Apple finally comes out with their car, it had better be a flying one...
igotbigballs t1_iymxbjr wrote
Jet packs exist now. They're just very expensive.
Ronny_Jotten t1_iymyxhf wrote
And they only run for a few minutes. Same could be said about fusion reactors, and probably android butlers too... That is not what I was promised!
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