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Originally Posted by 8cd03gro
We have already achieved fusion, just not controlled fusion. The modern nuke or hydrogen bomb is a fusion bomb, thus the name hydrogen bomb (uses hydrogen fusion). . .
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If you want to get technical, fusion has been around for billions of years in stars, which is ultimately where we get any energy source from. And controlled fusion of hydrogen and deuterium has been achieved ... briefly. It also consumed more power than it generated but never the less, it could be considered a controlled thermonuclear reaction.
Anyway, near as I can tell for the last 50 years or so, people have been saying that fusion power plants are about 20 years away. Eventually, I'm sure someone will be right but nobody knows
when they'll be right, thats the kicker.