Paul Swinney

paulswinney.bsky.social

28 September 2026 14:23

Thank you, and yes totally. So we get news pieces that report on the economy and jump straight to employment in retail. That is of course a valid reporting point, but its the symptom not the cause. The idea that different parts of the economy play different roles is not a one easily grasped.

Dinara Ermakova

ermakova.bsky.social

17 September 2026 06:45

STEP is also the more interesting omission technically. A spherical tokamak buys much higher plasma pressure for a given field and pays for it with almost no room for a central solenoid or inboard shielding, so it is a different engineering problem from the one the startups are solving

Stefan Urbat

stefanurb.bsky.social

16 September 2026 09:46

But STEP has even in UK serious competition for example by the Stellarator project Infinity of Type One Energy (US) and Tokamak Energy (UK)

Owen Jackson

owenjackson.bsky.social

16 September 2026 08:52

Agreed. Other than small refs to ITER, it is a very US-skewed article. No mention of STEP/Culham, First Light et al or the strong German sector (Proxima etc). The article points out the issue of pilot/commercialisation but doesn't then discuss the leading pilot projects outside of the US.

David Higham

oldtrotter.bsky.social

28 August 2026 13:36

And not just about growth open.spotify.com/episode/2QRU...