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Re:536 was ‘the worst year to be alive’ (2018) by iso1631 on Friday June 19, 2020 @01:36PM (#23576865)
Possibly, but it seems exceptionally expensive and slow for what you get.

Sods law will say if you don't invest in nuclear, you'll be using a lot more CCGT because storage or large-geography interconnects won't be there

But if you do invest, you'll end up being stuck with something costing far more than commodity renewables+storage

We have "workable fission" now, it's just very expensive. Workable fusion is always a generation away.

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Re:536 was ‘the worst year to be alive’ (2018) by pbhjpbhj on Sunday June 21, 2020 @02:23PM (#23594056)
Sorry, yes, obvious typo fission -> fusion.

It does feel like Tokamak will never arrive. An acquaintance did their doctorate last year on modelling some aspect of the containment; they didn't seem hopeful.

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