Nuclear physicist explains why fusion ignition is hailed as a major breakthrough

Re:Nuclear physicist explains why fusion ignition is hailed ... by xbmcuser on Monday December 19, 2022 @04:57AM (#34050332)

Solar panel and power cost were 100s of times more than they are today. Costs will come down that is actually not the problem having a sustainable fusion reaction is. How would you know how efficiently you can build something when you don't know what to build in the first place. If we can get sustainable fusion reaction then only should peope worry about how to bring down the costs.

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Re:Nuclear physicist explains why fusion ignition is hailed ... by moloch-hai on Monday December 19, 2022 @05:02AM (#34050370)

Even if heat from fusion could be extracted at exactly zero cost, thermal fusion would still be uncompetitive. There is no way around it, wish as you might.

Aneutronic fusion could possibly have a future, but hardly anybody is working on that.

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