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Re:US Department of Energy: Fusion Ignition Achieved by willmadden on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @11:17PM (#33979949)
Solar can't do that without massive batteries that don't exist. Even then it's not viable in areas where there isn't sufficient sunlight.
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Re:US Department of Energy: Fusion Ignition Achieved by valine on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @03:39AM (#33981311)
The batteries do exist, but it’s better to use them in cars. If we start diverting our battery supply for grid storage it will drive up the price of EVs.
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