["tech bro bullshit" news] Nuclear fusion startup Helion claims it will have a working power plant by 2028. Microsoft is already a customer. More in body.
["tech bro bullshit" news] Nuclear fusion startup Helion claims it will have a working power plant by 2028. Microsoft is already a customer. More in body.
Sam Altman has invested $375 million into Helion. His other big bet is artificial intelligence company OpenAI, in which Microsoft is an investor.
Helion is expected to have its fusion generation device online by 2028 and to reach its target power generation of 50 megawatts or more within an agreed-upon one-year ramp up period. When the fusion device is fully up to speed producing 50 megawatts of energy, it will be able to power the equivalent of approximately 40,000 homes in Washington state.
While Helion’s deal with Microsoft is to get 50 megawatts online, the company eventually aims to produce a gigawatt of electricity, which is one billion watts, or 20 times the 50 megawatts it is selling to Microsoft.
Microsoft will pay for the megawatt hours of electricity as Helion delivers them to the grid.
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I had to stop at about the 3 minute mark. It was already over my head. But he had made a joke that I really liked. He mentioned the possibility that venture capital can create some kind of magic that will overcome all insurmountable problems. I hadn't thought of the word greenwashing for what Microsoft is doing here but that's clearly what this is. They know there's a zero percent chance Hellion can accomplish what they say and that VC magic isn't real. But we're going green as hard as we can is great PR.
Hey, I'd recommend starting with an earlier video. How nuclear fusion works (1) - fusors, thermonuclear reactions, lattice fusion
This video is easier to understand. From there, you can work your way up to the Helion video, as each vid builds upon his previous ones. (I understand this guy is all science, no philosophy. Hence why I see an artillery shell with the channel's name on the main page, possibly going to Ukraine.)
Thanks.
Thanks for the link! I really like this man's speaking style. He's obviously carefully prepared his script and he's speaking very clearly. Both are such rarities on youtube. The dry joke about Lockheed Martin's timeframe at about the 20 second mark in this video made me do a genuine spit-take.
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