Funding comparison chart showing ITER at $20 billion vs Focus Fusion at $5 million vs Tri Alpha Energy at $500 million
Source: Fusion industry funding data
Significance
Demonstrates massive disparity in funding vs results achieved
Related Claims
Tri Alpha Energy received $500 million in investment, suggesting government connections or insider knowledge
Plasma naturally wants to form currents and filaments through the pinch effect, which should be used rather than suppressed
Natural plasmoids with jets are observed at all scales: solar flares, Herbig-Haro objects, quasars, and galaxies
The kink instability that shoots jets from plasma devices is not a problem but free propulsion
ITER has received $20 billion in funding without producing viable fusion results, while smaller projects achieve better efficiency metrics
Focus Fusion is #1 in the world for efficiency (energy out per energy in) and #2 behind JET overall
The secret to fusion is not controlling plasma but copying how nature handles it through geometry and instabilities
Evidence Details
- Type
- Data & Signals
- Classification
- data
- Source
- Fusion industry funding data