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Re:ITER: World's largest nuclear fusion project begins assembly by mytailorisrich on Wednesday July 29, 2020 @02:09PM (#23989792)
Storage is only part of the problem, though a big one. The area that needs to be covered with solar panels and windmills is another one.
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Re:ITER: World's largest nuclear fusion project begins assembly by nicoburns on Thursday July 30, 2020 @05:23AM (#23996130)
> The area that needs to be covered with solar panels and windmills is another one.

I don't really see that as a huge problem. There's loads of free area for solar panels on rooftops. Sure, it's more expensive to build solar there. But that's not even an engineering problem, it's simply a matter of allocating funds to it. And most of the cost is labour. Which is arguably a bit of a bonus in a world where we're constantly worrying about there not being enough jobs.

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