# Fusion Power here we come! **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [February 18, 2010, 7:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fusion-power-here-we-come/79475 "2010-02-18T19:31:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Penfold](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/penfold/32/5007_2.png) [@Penfold](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Penfold)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 7:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fusion-power-here-we-come/79475/1 "2010-02-18T19:31:28Z")
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyB7Ho\_W9RE](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyB7Ho_W9RE) The National Ignition Facility This thing just makes me plain excited. The possibilities are incredible and could change the world we know. Cheap limitless energy would change everything we know about economics and politics. Supposedly they hope for ignition in may to prove it can work. :tup: ---
**Author:** ![vq30de](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/9dc877/32.png) [@vq30de](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/vq30de)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 7:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fusion-power-here-we-come/79475/2 "2010-02-18T19:43:53Z")
I hope they fuck up and cause the end of the world somehow. ---
**Author:** ![Penfold](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/penfold/32/5007_2.png) [@Penfold](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Penfold)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 7:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fusion-power-here-we-come/79475/3 "2010-02-18T19:47:26Z")
> [@vq30de](#): > > I hope they fuck up and cause the end of the world somehow. :suicide: ---
**Author:** ![Haenszel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e68b1a/32.png) [@Haenszel](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Haenszel)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 8:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fusion-power-here-we-come/79475/4 "2010-02-18T20:11:12Z")
The Saint starring Val Kilmer? ---
**Author:** ![MPD47](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mpd47/32/7383_2.png) [@MPD47](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MPD47)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 8:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fusion-power-here-we-come/79475/5 "2010-02-18T20:13:45Z")
AND THERE IS SUPPOSED TO BE A CHEMICAL REACTION, DO YOU DENY THIS?! ---
**Author:** ![Penfold](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/penfold/32/5007_2.png) [@Penfold](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Penfold)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 8:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fusion-power-here-we-come/79475/6 "2010-02-18T20:50:05Z")
> [@Haenszel](#): > > The Saint starring Val Kilmer? cold fusion buddy. I think I am the only one who pays any attention to movies. ---
**Author:** ![n20junkie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/n20junkie/32/7396_2.png) [@n20junkie](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/n20junkie)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2010, 4:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fusion-power-here-we-come/79475/7 "2010-02-19T04:15:51Z")
I have no clue how this actual process works, but it sounds promising. ---
**Author:** ![Avatar](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/avatar/32/5076_2.png) [@Avatar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Avatar)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2010, 5:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fusion-power-here-we-come/79475/8 "2010-02-19T05:09:13Z")
I still believe we will see workable fusion energy within 20 years. ---
**Author:** ![Motocrossx23](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/motocrossx23/32/5120_2.png) [@Motocrossx23](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Motocrossx23)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2010, 8:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fusion-power-here-we-come/79475/9 "2010-02-19T08:25:31Z")
^Yes. Given our rate of technological growth, it may be sooner. Remember: 20 years is at TODAYS current rate, technological growth is exponential so that rate will increase every few years (depending on various factors). It’s safe to say 10 years is a possibility. ---
**Author:** ![somedude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@somedude](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/somedude)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2010, 8:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fusion-power-here-we-come/79475/10 "2010-02-19T08:51:04Z")
> [@Motocrossx23](#): > > ^Yes. Given our rate of technological growth, it may be sooner. > > Remember: 20 years is at TODAYS current rate, technological growth is exponential so that rate will increase every few years (depending on various factors). It’s safe to say 10 years is a possibility. it may also be a funding restriction that is slowing them. ---
**Author:** ![Motocrossx23](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/motocrossx23/32/5120_2.png) [@Motocrossx23](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Motocrossx23)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2010, 8:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fusion-power-here-we-come/79475/11 "2010-02-19T08:54:01Z")
I wouldn’t be surprised, but at the same time don’t rule out “private” investors playing a role in funding if this goes the right way. ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2010, 9:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fusion-power-here-we-come/79475/12 "2010-02-19T09:08:02Z")
Downloading the full episode of Horizon now. Looks very interesting. ---
**Author:** ![Geehee](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/geehee/32/7238_2.png) [@Geehee](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Geehee)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2010, 9:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fusion-power-here-we-come/79475/13 "2010-02-19T09:10:22Z")
![http://paulbuckley14059.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/mr-fusion.jpeg](http://paulbuckley14059.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/mr-fusion.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![OfficerK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4da419/32.png) [@OfficerK](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/OfficerK)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2010, 9:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fusion-power-here-we-come/79475/14 "2010-02-19T09:10:22Z")
This will go bad in December of 2012. ---
**Author:** ![boxxa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxxa/32/5045_2.png) [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2010, 9:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fusion-power-here-we-come/79475/15 "2010-02-19T09:59:42Z")
This still produces nuclear waste which we have been so good at handling. ---
**Author:** ![Penfold](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/penfold/32/5007_2.png) [@Penfold](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Penfold)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2010, 10:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fusion-power-here-we-come/79475/16 "2010-02-19T10:31:52Z")
> [@boxxa](#): > > This still produces nuclear waste which we have been so good at handling. We can actually reuse the waste. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Motocrossx23](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/motocrossx23/32/5120_2.png) [@Motocrossx23](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Motocrossx23)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2010, 10:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fusion-power-here-we-come/79475/17 "2010-02-19T10:44:45Z")
Yeah people don’t realize the fact that nuclear waste is recycled in most of the world. ---
**Author:** ![Hass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/51bf81/32.png) [@Hass](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Hass)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2010, 2:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fusion-power-here-we-come/79475/18 "2010-02-19T14:12:34Z")
> [@Motocrossx23](#): > > Yeah people don’t realize the fact that nuclear waste is recycled in most of the world. depleted uranium? yaa we reuse it over in iraq. ---
**Author:** ![08GT500](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/08gt500/32/5417_2.png) [@08GT500](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/08GT500)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2010, 12:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fusion-power-here-we-come/79475/19 "2010-02-20T00:26:59Z")
> [@Hass](#): > > depleted uranium? > yaa we reuse it over in iraq. Haha. That or tungsten. ---
**Author:** ![Motocrossx23](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/motocrossx23/32/5120_2.png) [@Motocrossx23](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Motocrossx23)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2010, 12:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fusion-power-here-we-come/79475/20 "2010-02-20T00:44:45Z")
The US doesn’t use it efficiently due to the fact that we have older reactors, but in Europe where they don’t see nuclear power as a threat, they use the waste to further power their generators. USA = dumb. Rest of world = oh hey, cheap NRG? Okay!! [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fusion-power-here-we-come/79475.md?page=2)