China just bet $2 billion on fusion energy. The US must respond. – China has just placed a major new national bet on commercializing fusion energy, and now is the time for the U.S. to respond.
https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/5431531-fusion-energy-china-us-race/
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We know other ways Congress and the administration could help fusion besides funding the Milestone program to match the ambition of China and other competitors. The Department of Energy Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee in 2020 published a new long-range plan — “[Powering the Future: Fusion and Plasmas](https://usfusionandplasmas.org/)” — that details the research facilities that could help all fusion energy companies deploy power plants and scale more quickly. But it’s China, not the U.S., that’s building these research test stands and facilities the U.S. fusion industry needs to accelerate fusion’s deployment and rapid scaling.
Energy unlocks prosperity for people, businesses and nations. Whoever controls that energy commands an outsized impact on the world and on the future of everyone who lives on it. Right now Washington is focusing on American energy dominance, powering AI and improving energy security. It’s clear what the government could do to cultivate that instead of its present course that fails to respond to Chinese energy dominance for fusion.
Tell trump and Maga that coal is the source of energy in fusion and you will get all the money you need.
Fusion power is for commies and sosialusts. Just gimme more Dino juice for my lifted F350.
-Average Republican voter
Wow! Two billion!!!?!
That‘s not even a drop in the bucket when it comes to fusion energy.
China is investing heavily in the future. It has a very science and engineering oriented approach to development. It has a very forward thinking leadership. The US is quickly ceding its role as a global leader across a variety of metrics.
Not sure the current US governments focus is energy efficiency. Seems their focus is perhaps the opposite.
There is a ton of fusion investment strategies in America and the department of energy national labs have successfully developed and implemented fusion. The trick is commercializing and shrinking it I believe one of the last successful implementations was the size of 3 football fields. Billions have been invested in this and china is catching up. Fusion commercialization (outside the lab being used to power AI and other technologies) is not far away probably between 2030 – 2035
Brainwashing yourself about how “fusion is gonna save the world” is just hopium to ignore the obvious fact that we’re hitting planetary limits and that we cannot keep on extracting more (even if we keep on ignoring the obvious and devastating consequences).
Oh yeah the us will respond alright, with the mighty power of COAL!