Andrew

@itinerantscot.bsky.social

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Nuclear fusion energy (turbulence) physicist. It's for life, not just for energy transition. Energy & climate; racquets & rugby. Bleeding hearts of the world unite! he/him

wind turbine output and rotor size growing over 40 years as the tech changes
Plot of pace of deployment of various energy sources, starting from the day they reach 100 Terawatt-hours per year capability. Hydro and fossil fuels take 40 years to reach 1000 TWHr per year. Nuclear and renewables took 10 years.
Two plots of fusion progress measured against time from around 1980 to 2000. Latest results not shown. One shows progress against the triple product figure of merit for fusion performance, the other shows power output in Watts. Both show clearly positive logarithmic progress.
Going into schools on a sunny day armed with badges and stickers!
Winter jumpers and happy team at a museum after hours event for adults. In the background one of the group is struggling with the cover sheet for our inflatable dome!
Fusion In Close Up magazine two page story on the podcast including a picture of a drinking glass submerged in seawater.
The cover slide from the event 'Fusion Energy using tokamaks: can development be accelerated?'
Your dashing author stands in front of our plentarium style inflatable dome. It is covered with a sheet that looks like the sun's red-glowing surface and he is carrying two strong magnets.
Two battery packs for kids are connected in series with conducting play-doh. A circuit of small metal connectors is joined in the same way.