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Re:Physics is stuck by pfdietz on Sunday September 13, 2020 @05:29PM (#24464101)
We don't have enough lithium for DT fusion then, either. If we assume fusion reactors have a wall loading of 1 MW/m^2, and assume 50 cm of LiPb in the blanket, then fusion reactors capable of supply (as heat) 10 TW would need the 6Li from 80 million tonnes of lithium. Current Li reserves are a fraction of this.

That ARC reactor design, if extended to world energy demand, would require 100x known beryllium resources.

Re:Physics is stuck by AstralStorm on Monday September 14, 2020 @04:54AM (#24468150)
Yes. Fusion is not short game and should not be treated as one. Not funded like it either.

It will be very useful when we get to space, for example, unless we figure out something better. Much fewer problems with it than with nuclear up there. (Especially with getting fuel.)

Re:Physics is stuck by pfdietz on Monday September 14, 2020 @06:45PM (#24476002)
Why would it be useful when we get to space? When we get to space, we'll be 1 AU from the Sun. At that distance, solar is vastly superior to fusion. And DT fusion will always be inferior to fission in space.