Re:Fusion reactors: Not what they’re cracked up to be
by logfromblammo on Thursday April 27, 2017 @03:25PM
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If the energy is free, you could just do electrolysis with huge carbon electrodes and immediately ignite the gases, bubbling the exhaust through your freshwater reservoir. You can knock together a setup like that in your own backyard from junkyard parts.
How you do it depends on whether you prioritize capital costs or operating costs.
Imagine building a huge water desalination plant and only running it when there is excess power available on the grid.
I can't see anyone wanting to invest in that, except maybe a financially myopic government, and they tend not to last very long.