• Semi-Hemi-Lemmygod
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    54 days ago

    The thing about losing progress is you can’t know where you would be if priorities were different.

    There are some cases where you can know where you’d be if priorities were different. Hence the most frustrating graph in the world:

    • @LovableSidekick
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      34 days ago

      Very revealing if it’s true. Fusion is the perpetual “20 years away” poster child.

        • @LovableSidekick
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          24 days ago

          Oh I totally believe it, I meant assuming all those figures on the graph were true, which I do. Been following fusion for decades. Frankly it looks more and more like the fusion industry has taken the same approach to fusion that drug industry take with disease - don’t cure it, just keep treating it forever.

          • Semi-Hemi-Lemmygod
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            24 days ago

            Turns out electric companies aren’t too interested in electricity that’s too cheap to meter.