ITER is still well under way as far as fusion goes. I doubt room temp super conductors will ever be a thing though. If we can get a metalic material which superconducts above the boiling point of nitrogen then that will be world changing enough.

[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca -1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

LOL. ITER is not and has never been meant to be a fusion power plant. That would be DEMO.

Don't hold your breath.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DEMOnstration_Power_Plant

Fusion power will never, ever happen. Ever.

[–] nymnympseudonym@lemmy.world 1 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (1 children)

Look at CFS SPARC, not ITER

They will have an actual functioning fusion machine with Q>10 by end of this year thanks to high temperature superconductors that were not available when ITER started

https://cfs.energy/

[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 1 points 20 hours ago

Thanks for the laugh!

I've put a note in my calendar for December 2025.

[–] untorquer@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah just wait for the oil/LNG and helium reserves to run out. 🫠

[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yes, I'm sure something as simple and resource-light as a fusion reactor will be exactly the thing we'll be able to build when the oil runs out.

[–] untorquer@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Oil/LNG not likely to be exhausted in our lifetime, nor do we seem to have the global political willpower to do enough about climate change or perturb capital. Furthermore, the article talks about a lack of VC finding making it unlikely to be viable in the mean time. This is the basis of the sardonic statement in agreement with your comment but also intending to cast a political light on the concern from my end.

[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 2 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Oil/LNG not likely to be exhausted in our lifetime,

Indeed not, but that EROEI is going towards 1, and maybe even <1. That's not the same type of civilization any more. One sends people to play golf on the Moon to impress the neighbors.

The other densifies its cities in desperation hoping the food doesn't run out.

[–] untorquer@lemmy.world 1 points 20 hours ago

Yes. i much prefer the gay luxury space communism and capital must be destroyed if we want to survive.