Re:Tokamak Energy sets a temperature record among commercial...
by lazide on Monday March 14, 2022 @02:07PM
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Ah, I see what you mean.
For me, I'd take 'viable' to mean something like a demonstration plant actually working somewhere, a team with the ability (somewhat proven) to reproduce it at scale, and after that exists the math pencils out it's profitable even on a risk adjusted basis.
At which point, it's a real thing that will happen, and prices will start to adjust based on the likely adoption curve (with various speculative values of the curve of course too).
Which yes, may or may not change future values for delivery depending on the timeline.
For me, I'd take 'viable' to mean something like a demonstration plant actually working somewhere, a team with the ability (somewhat proven) to reproduce it at scale, and after that exists the math pencils out it's profitable even on a risk adjusted basis.
At which point, it's a real thing that will happen, and prices will start to adjust based on the likely adoption curve (with various speculative values of the curve of course too).
Which yes, may or may not change future values for delivery depending on the timeline.