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Re:Spanish airline reserves 10 Airlander airships from Bedfo... by horseAMcharlie on Tuesday October 11, 2022 @09:40AM (#33163239)
Would expanded civilian nuclear power provide some kind of sustainable helium production as a side effect or do the numbers not work out?
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Re:Spanish airline reserves 10 Airlander airships from Bedfo... by dsr_ on Tuesday October 11, 2022 @10:07AM (#33163544)
Only if we change to fusion power, which is just fifty years away.
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Re:Spanish airline reserves 10 Airlander airships from Bedfo... by skykooler on Tuesday October 11, 2022 @10:43AM (#33163928)
Even nuclear fusion doesn't produce helium in large amounts; a large fusion plant would produce about 2000 liters / day, meaning you'd need 136 years worth of output from one station to fill a single airlander airship.
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