13 sats \ 1 reply \ @k00b 17 Jul \ on: Take a look behind the scenes at the world's largest fusion experiment science
The main thing that excites me about these projects is that they could eventually be done on the cheap. I imagine I'm looking at something like a 1960's computer. High cost, assuming no funny business, is usually a signal that we're super ignorant.
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100 sats \ 0 replies \ @south_korea_ln OP 17 Jul
That's true. I do hope that as we learn more, we'll get to a point where things become cheap and efficient. Kinda like renewables... they once didn't make sense in terms of price compared to fossil fuels, now they are often the cheapest option available. How we got there (huge subsidies) is debatable, but the result again is that we have access to lots of cheap power now.
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