>>9874971>Get rid of the TokamakCould you say that the Tokamak is the C/Unix of the fusion world? In the sense that both have stalled research and prevented the rise of better alternatives?
In hindsight, if you would find yourself back in 1990, with a few Billion dollars/Euros to allocate to fusion research for the next two decades, how would you proceed?
I'd say spread it out. Allocate 400 x 2.5 million for investigative stuff.
Allocate 100 x 10 million for projects that show at least some promise after the first phase.
Allocate 25 x 40 million to do further research into the most promising projects.
Total cost so far 3 Billion, worst case is you lost 3 Billion, best case is you have 25 really promising methods to get fusion to work.
Now you can start spending big money, on the most promising of the remaining 25.
