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Re:US Department of Energy: Fusion Ignition Achieved by ClumsyPilot on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @04:04PM (#33975764)
Q is irrelevant, you need throughput. If your Q is one million, but you are processing one tiny capsule per second, you are producing too little money to pay for the facility.

If you can process a tanker worth of hydrogen per second, Q can be just above break even and you will still make money.

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Re:US Department of Energy: Fusion Ignition Achieved by lkbm on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @06:15PM (#33977663)
Irrelevant? Seems like Q is one of two factors in that calculation. If the throughput is tiny, you're useless, but if your Q is too small, the same is true.

The higher the Q, the lower throughput needed for feasibility.

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