Construction costs are currently skyrocketing

Perhaps the energy problem will soon be solved anyway, if the approach of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory can be pursued further, which, as some of you may already know, has succeeded in gaining more energy from the fusion of atomic nuclei than is put in. No radioactive waste was produced in the process either. It is exactly such news that gives me hope that we can solve our problems if we invest sufficiently in education, training, research, and development and do not leave too many people behind.

Perhaps the energy problem will soon be solved anyway, if the approach of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory can be pursued further, who, as some of you probably already know, have succeeded in gaining more energy from the fusion of atomic nuclei than was used. No radioactive waste was produced in the process either. It is exactly such news that gives me hope that we can solve our problems if we invest sufficiently in education, training, research, and development and do not leave too many people behind.

Read the message carefully again.

It is important that the reported energy gain basically only refers to the core of the experiment: The amount of energy directed at the hydrogen nuclei in the lab by the lasers is compared with the energy released. However, according to Roulstone, it is overlooked that almost 280 times as much energy must be expended to operate the lasers as finally reaches the hydrogen nuclei.

Translated, it means: It will still take a very long time before usable energy can be generated from it. We will probably not live to see the widespread use of such reactors.

I'm not quite that pessimistic; after all, it only took a few decades from the first airplane to space travel. But it will certainly take a long time until it is ready for mass production.

Maybe the energy problem will be solved soon anyway, if the approach of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory can be pursued further, who, as some of you probably already know, have succeeded in gaining more energy from nuclear fusion than used. No radioactive waste was produced in this process. It is exactly such news that gives me hope that we can solve our problems if we invest sufficiently in education, training, research, and development and do not leave too many people behind.

Yes, but only with the energy directly applied to the nuclei in relation to the energy directly generated there.

The Q(total) is lousy. That is the ratio that determines how much more energy a power plant outputs than you have to put in.

It was lousy, is lousy, the path is still very long. The fact that an “overall Q” is simply presented in the public presentation by the research institutes has to do with competing for research funds.

My tip: Nothing will happen there in under 50 years. And I am an optimistic type.

The tip about 50 years is also already 50 years old ;-) Nuclear fusion is a pipe dream. Maybe it will come true someday, but you definitely can't count on it. One step has been made forward, but that's it.