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Re:Major nuclear fusion milestone reached as ‘ignition’ trig... by pstrateman on Tuesday October 12, 2021 @02:01PM (#28842922)
The hyperbole isn't needed.

Billions of dollars an hour is 17 Trillion dollars a year.

They're not being subsidized by that much

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Re:Major nuclear fusion milestone reached as ‘ignition’ trig... by BizarroLand on Friday October 15, 2021 @01:42PM (#28880595)
I made a mistake, I should have said Millions of dollars an hour. Thanks for the correction
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Re:Major nuclear fusion milestone reached as ‘ignition’ trig... by akimball on Tuesday October 12, 2021 @04:36PM (#28844750)
Count the socialized cost of environmental remediation please. It will run into the quadrillion zone
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Re:Major nuclear fusion milestone reached as ‘ignition’ trig... by orangepurple on Tuesday October 12, 2021 @10:25PM (#28847540)
The entire workforce of the United States will be deployed with a vegan toothbrush in hand to scrub the Earth of all the hydrocarbons
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