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‘Bottling the Sun’: is this a new dawn for the fusion industry? (actually – no!)

‘Bottling the Sun’: is this a new dawn for the fusion industry? There are
two good reasons to be very excited about the latest breakthrough in
nuclear fusion technology announced this week. Not only does the generation
of net positive energy in a fusion reaction represent an outstanding
scientific achievement, it also opens up the tantalising possibility of
cheap, green and abundant energy that might put the environmentally ruinous
fossil fuel industry out of business.

But there are also two good reasons
not to be overly excited by the news. Even with a favourable wind, it will
take at least 20 years of development and massive injections of capital
before fusion energy can ever become commercially viable at scale.


Unfortunately, that means it is not likely to arrive quickly enough to
solve the imminent threat of the climate emergency. If so, the question
arises: is the technology worth backing at all if alternative clean energy
sources, such as solar, wind and next-generation nuclear fission, are
already proven and available?

FT 16th Dec 2022

https://www.ft.com/content/c87965a2-f695-4645-8d6b-7af8a62b5131

December 18, 2022 Posted by | Uncategorized | Leave a comment

U.S. troops deployed near Russian border 

U.S. troops deployed near Russian border –Estonia’s defense ministry has announced the arrival of an American infantry company as part of NATO’s presence in the country | 16 Dec 2022 | A United States infantry company arrived in Estonia this week as part of NATO’s effort to bolster the military bloc’s eastern border with Russia, the Baltic country’s defense ministry has revealed.

A statement published on the ministry’s website on Friday said that U.S. service members are stationed at Taara base in the town of Voru, some 20 kilometers from the Russian border. Commenting on the U.S. service members’ arrival, Colonel Mati Tikerpuu, the commander of the 2nd Infantry Brigade of the Estonian Defense Forces, said he expects to be able to “integrate our allies on a brigade level and gain an additional maneuver unit.” Colonel Richard Ikena, U.S. 1st Infantry Division Artillery Commander, said American troops are “excited to be in Estonia” and “look forward to working shoulder-to-shoulder, alongside our Allies.”

December 18, 2022 Posted by | EUROPE, weapons and war | Leave a comment

December 18 Energy News — geoharvey

Science and Technology: ¶ “Satellite Will Measure Most Water On The Planet” • The first mission to survey nearly all of the water on Earth has launched. It is a joint effort of NASA and the French space agency Centre National d’Études Spatiales. It will survey water on more than 90% of the world’s surface, […]

December 18 Energy News — geoharvey

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