The US Fusion Ignition Breakthrough EXPLAINED

I'm going to put down a line in the sand - I think the first early commercial fusion reactors will be coming on line in 2035. What's your vote?

The point is now we have proven net gain is possible, now we have a reason to improve on the designs to get even more out of it, leading to the actual goal of commercialisation

Good explanation, I worked in a R&D department at a major corporation. There's basically 3 phases. Step 1 is see if the goal is even chemically possible, not looking at any other factors. Step 2 is called a pilot lab and their job is to now figure out how to make the chemistry actually happen. Now we're seeing the complicated systems and machines being built and mechanical engineering (which is where we are now with fusion). Again, not focused on efficiency, just how do we build a system to make what worked on paper, happen in real life. And then once you figure out to actually make the process work, step 3 is production scale. So now you look at how to make the system more efficient, improved materials or new technologies etc but all based on what was created in the pilot lab. Remember, every tube, wire, pipe, control panel, literally everything in the building and the building itself had to be created and designed from scratch just to even see if this theory would work.

This is step 1 of maybe a million or more steps before anything viable commercially can be actually produced, but step 1 is always the most important, it proves it’s possible and not just a money pit, and that’s very important for progress.

I'd like to express my appreciation for how well this video was made. Was an absolute pleasure to view and very exciting material to learn.

I'm a lay person and I know a good deal about fusion just from watching YouTube videos but you taught me things I didn't understand. You are incredibly good at explaining complex processes in simple terms. Einstein said if you can't explain it simply you don't know the subject well enough. Clearly you are a man of great intellect and sagacity and you understand fusion extremely well.

One of the few realistic viewpoints of what was announced with a good explanation that anyone can understand

this is the best explanation out there about the breakthrough been heard about this for weeks

Very high quality video. I'm quite impressed and please keep up the good work.

Amazing work Dr.Ben, Thanks for explaining what's important.

Thx for the video! I just discovered this channel and subscribed. What helped me the most is understanding the energy gain differential. I had heard both 150% and 1% which was confusing to me. This does put it into perspective that there's a lot of work to be done before this is commercially viable.

Your explanations are incredible, I didnt retain much of what was said in this video but its awesome to see how far our species has gone

This is the first honest reporting I’ve seen on this subject. Thank you.

This one of the few videos on fusion that is honest and accurately reports what is really needed for fusion power to be practical. Most of the others are just PR parroting of what the laboratories press release state; mostly deceptive because they do not report the overall Q (energy out/energy in), but just the plasma Q. Bravo!

Thanks! very well explained.

It took me about 10 videos to finally find the one that asked and answered the right questions. Thank you!

Very well put together, explained and presented.

Awesome video, really well paced and edited. Sounds like they use superconductors in just about all the cool stuff, I hope we get some decent, affordable high temperature superconductors soon!

Every 80 years. A major breakthrough happens.

Great work making this accessible to those who are interested!