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Re:US Department of Energy: Fusion Ignition Achieved by courgette on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @07:01AM (#33982381)
Honest question, because I want that to be true at scale.

Do we know how to store it properly yet? How does solar pan out in case of surge ( eg : very cold winter night )

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Re:US Department of Energy: Fusion Ignition Achieved by rini17 on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @07:43AM (#33982716)
I think parent was talking about space applications.

Anyway unlike fusion, seasonal thermal storage is viable and available now, and will be scaled up in immediate future. Also, with electrical vehicles inducing massive investment into the grid, there will be both pressure and resources to solve the rest.

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