How long until we hit PL 6?
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Eternal Knot Games
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A source, cannot find it again, said that steam trains could have been invented in Greek/Roman times (and they did have a working steam engine, to open temple doors) but it was not because they were unable to find anything else to do with the slaves...
So it could be 5 years or 400 years depending on politics more than anything else.
So it could be 5 years or 400 years depending on politics more than anything else.
Old Gumphrey
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Who says fusion is even the next step? There could be an amazing unheard of breakthrough in the next 5 years that changes everything from here on out.
Meloncov
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Optimistically, we will have safe, efficent (as in, actually makes more energy then it uses) fusion plants within a decade. The big issue, however, is economics. The tokomak plants that are used today to create fusion reactions are obsenely expensive; in the billions of dollars per unit. While mass producing them will drop the cost some, it'll still be a while before fusion is economicly sound.
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