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Re:Major nuclear fusion milestone reached as ‘ignition’ trig... by stormbrew on Tuesday October 12, 2021 @02:03PM (#28842959)
> We still couldn't compete with conventional electricity plants, even with a $30/tonne price on carbon in Canada.

Worth noting that the current plan is for the minumum carbon tax in canada to increase by $15/tonne/yr until 2035, so the question might be more when will it reach a break even point? Seems like you'd want to be positioned for that.

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Re:Major nuclear fusion milestone reached as ‘ignition’ trig... by rfrey on Tuesday October 12, 2021 @04:04PM (#28844413)
That was our company thesis, that carbon was systematically underpriced and we wanted to amass a portfolio of carbon credits before that was corrected. But you still need to provide project investors with a competitive ROI if you want to build the thing.
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Re:Major nuclear fusion milestone reached as ‘ignition’ trig... by wussboy on Tuesday October 12, 2021 @02:24PM (#28843201)
That kind of forward thinking is unfortunately rare.
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