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Re:ITER fusion energy pushed back beyond 2050 by nine_k on Tuesday July 18, 2017 @07:58PM (#14801053)
Build solar where sun is abundant and space is unconstrained: in Sahara.

Quite a few technical challenges due to the sand, though.

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Re:ITER fusion energy pushed back beyond 2050 by mannykannot on Tuesday July 18, 2017 @10:31PM (#14801715)
Quite a few political challenges, as well. This is not the most stable corner of the world.
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Re:ITER fusion energy pushed back beyond 2050 by lmm on Wednesday July 19, 2017 @04:47AM (#14802816)
And then you end up spending far more on powerlines than it would cost to get working fusion.
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Re:ITER fusion energy pushed back beyond 2050 by sandl on Wednesday July 19, 2017 @08:01AM (#14803644)
Not really - ITER alone is expected to be in excess of $20 billion, that would buy you about 20 modern HVDC Transmission lines, each with a length of 1000 km and able to transmit 40 GW of power in total. That's a lot of power. :-)

http://electrical-engineering-portal.com/analysing-the-costs...

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