Major nuclear fusion milestone reached as ‘ignition’ triggered in a lab

Re:Major nuclear fusion milestone reached as ‘ignition’ trig... by Fordec on Tuesday October 12, 2021 @01:36PM (#28842578)

> We still couldn't compete with conventional electricity plants, even with a $30/tonne price on carbon in Canada.

Was this Canada specific? A country with both very abundant native oil & gas and abundant hydro energy with nuclear power plants in place to boot.

Not every country in the world has such abundant energy sources on tap.

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Re:Major nuclear fusion milestone reached as ‘ignition’ trig... by rfrey on Tuesday October 12, 2021 @01:48PM (#28842719)

We tried to build in Europe and America as well; the economics are just hard. In the US there was very little market for carbon, which is why I said "even in Canada" since there is a regulated price for carbon here.

The plants were mostly in Alberta, where NG is cheap but there is no hydro.

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