2006-11-03 16:33:43 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Engineering
it will be the end of the world. very close.
2006-11-03 16:40:01 · answer #1 · answered by yahooanswers 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We are close. The international community is finishing the plans to build a full scale fusion reactor. This reactor, ITER, will be expected to maintain a high temperature plasma for several min, it will have a power amplification of 10+. However it is still an experimental reactor and will not be connected to any sort of power generator.
2006-11-04 02:30:01 · answer #2 · answered by sparrowhawk 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We already have one. It's called the sun and its a comfortable 93.000.000 million miles away. Still, we can easily harvest it's energy, and its safe, plentiful, and cheap once the collection facilities have been constructed. I was able to cut my energy bill almost 30% just by installing a solar clothes dryer. It worked almost continuously for almost three years, but when it finally broke down I was able to replace it for less than three dollars! Who needs earth based fusion reactors? People who want to overcharge you for the energy they make, that's who.
2006-11-04 01:06:30 · answer #3 · answered by Kim 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The last I heard, we had just hit the "break even" point of energy by using a magnetic field to contain the reaction. That is, the energy gain equal to the energy it takes to start the reaction. It will most likely be several decades before a working reaction occurs and several more before its put into commercial use.
2006-11-04 00:46:54 · answer #4 · answered by Takfam 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We should have it in about 40 years.
They've been saying that for the last 60 years.
2006-11-04 00:43:44 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋