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Re:MIT-designed project achieves major advance toward fusion... by hutzlibu on Wednesday September 08, 2021 @06:44PM (#28463985)
"probably the beginning of the "fusion age"."

I wouldn't call it that, even if there would be a energy gain.

I call it beginning of "fusion age", when we solved fusion ad can build them reliable and reproducible - and if we still need them by that time, for main energy production.

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Re:MIT-designed project achieves major advance toward fusion... by ncmncm on Wednesday September 08, 2021 @09:45PM (#28465272)
More importantly, build and operate them for less than, say, 10x the best alternative.

Since any fusion plant would necessarily cost more than 10x fission, and fission is not competitive, that is well out of reach.

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