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Re:Launch HN: Maritime Fusion (YC W25) – Fusion Reactors for... by throwway120385 on Wednesday February 26, 2025 @12:32PM (#43185913)
It seems like if you can get the reactor working then you're floating right on top of all the fuel you could ever want, provided you're doing hydrogen fusion.
Re:Launch HN: Maritime Fusion (YC W25) – Fusion Reactors for... by dmurray on Wednesday February 26, 2025 @01:58PM (#43186863)
Mounting a fusion reactor (largely automated - these ships have a skeleton crew) on every big ship seems ambitious enough, why would you...sure, why not, package an automated deuterium fuel refinement facility in a box on the ship too. In another ten years you'll be getting them in Christmas crackers.
Re:Launch HN: Maritime Fusion (YC W25) – Fusion Reactors for... by bananapub on Wednesday February 26, 2025 @02:10PM (#43187010)
where can I read about fully-automated, ship-stable, ~zero maintenance deuterium sea-water extraction systems?
Re:Launch HN: Maritime Fusion (YC W25) – Fusion Reactors for... by genewitch on Thursday February 27, 2025 @09:35AM (#43194726)
YC32
Re:Launch HN: Maritime Fusion (YC W25) – Fusion Reactors for... by DennisP on Thursday February 27, 2025 @08:13AM (#43194076)
Fusion fuel is so compact, there's really no need for that. To get an idea of it, deuterium is less than 0.1% of the hydrogen in water, and there's enough in your morning shower to provide all your energy needs for a year.

Nuclear aircraft carriers go thirty years without refueling, and fusion could easily do the same.