Good News........

[ToraToraTora]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-57512229
....Bit of work to do on Fusion of course but exciting that the plant will be here. Delighted that Bezos is using his dosh to progress something that if cracked will benefit all mankind.

[Peter Pedant]

erm - - - we have never fused to date

Jim may be on hand to bring us up to date

[ToraToraTora]

ok I'm going have to spell it out for PP. Fusion is routinely induced but it costs more energy that we get from it so it's not yet commercially viable so by "cracked" I mean made commercially viable. Geddit?

[William51]

It is an exciting project and here in the UK.

[douglas9401]

Just off with Jeff, he's humbled by your words

[Peter Pedant]

// it costs more energy that we get from it //

oh - so it is like the white heat of the technological revolution
but we dont get any heat from it

righto - - yup - - - got it.....