Finally Fusion in 20 years! And this time its true!

Thebobo

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Yea yea yea we've heard that for decades, remember reading about it in the time life books in the doctor's office in the early 70s, in twenty years! This article gives me a little hope, its about the increasing speed of the research and some possible timelines.

https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/science/long-wait-fusion-power-may-be-coming-end-ncna833251

Construction is underway at the ITER fusion reactor in southern France on Dec. 5, 2017.
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I always wonder if ITER will ever work. Intuition says no but i do not know why.
I have hope for other systems.