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The news was broken by the financial news publication Bloomberg, which said that Saudi Arabia’s government had “scaled back its medium-term ambitions” for

Saudi Arabia’s wildly ambitious plan to build 500m tall, mirrored, 170km long parallel skyscrapers, forming a 1.5M population desert city has been curtailed to 2.4km long.

The news was broken by the financial news publication Bloomberg, which said that Saudi Arabia’s government had “scaled back its medium-term ambitions” for Neom, of which The Line is the most significant sub-project.

The Saudi government had hoped to have 1.5M residents living in The Line by 2030, but this has been scaled back to fewer than 300,000, according to the report. It is unclear how it intends to house a higher concentration of people considering the proposed length (and therefore area) has been massively slashed.

  • Flying Squid
    314·
    6 months ago

    “Many scientists” like the ones who have been claiming that my entire life since the 1980s?

    Can you show me any of their peer-reviewed journal articles that say so?

    And considering your definitions of “recent” and “success” turned out to be a little on the untrue side, I’m not inclined to believe your “big deal” claim either.

      • Flying Squid
        110·
        6 months ago

        You do know the difference between a peer-reviewed journal article and a regurgitated press release on a site called ‘Nuclear Newsire,’ right?

          • Flying Squid
            113·
            6 months ago

            Both of your links are just reviews of nuclear fusion progress. The first one, China specifically, the second one, multiple projects. Neither of them make any sort of claim that I can see about practical nuclear fusion being 20 years away.

            You seem to have a major honesty problem.

            • disguy_ovahea
              101·
              6 months ago

              There’s no need for personal attacks. If you read them, both articles have updated sustained fusion reaction times based on China’s successful experiment. The only nation currently investing heavily into further research is China, but they have released all research for the scientific community. If I were to speculate, it would be because this technology would save a communist nation billions, while costing a capitalist nation just the same.

              • Flying Squid
                113·
                6 months ago

                It is not a personal attack. Virtually everything you have said has been dishonest.

                You said it was recent. It was 2 years ago.

                You said it was a success. It was 17 minutes.

                You said scientists claim that practical fusion is 20 years away. Your evidence did not make that claim.

                You can speculate all you like, but your actual claims have been false. Repeatedly.

                • disguy_ovahea
                  80·
                  6 months ago6 months ago

                  The Chinese government announced the fusion consortium on Jan. 9, 2024 according to the first article I posted.

                  17 minutes of 158M°F heat is a success. The previous record was 17s, and required maintenance and repair after fusion. With improved capture and storage, this version can work in modulation.

                  From the article:

                  The Chinese government has set the goal of building the first industrial prototype fusion reactor, which it has dubbed an “artificial sun,” by 2035. Officials hope to begin large-scale commercial production of fusion energy by 2050.

                  So yeah, it’s an exciting prospect in the development of stable nuclear fusion.

                  • Flying Squid
                    110·
                    6 months ago

                    Cool. I set goals all the time too. That doesn’t make them achievable.