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48 seconds. I predict a glut of helium. balloons for everyone

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[-] hannes3120@feddit.de 6 points 2 years ago

Cheaper in the long run perhaps - but how expensive is it to build?

Atomic energy is only "cheap" since the cost for the power plants is heavily paid for by tax money. For the cost of one power station you could cover a huge amount of land with solar panels.

[-] htrayl@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

This is apples to oranges. Fusion is not the same as fission. We simply don't know the economics of a viable fusion reactor.

However, we do know fissions cost is heavily driven by safety and regulation. It is very reasonable to assume that fusion's requirements in this area are distinctly smaller.

[-] AA5B@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

This is kind of my worry as well. We’ve seen fission become impractical by cost and renewables are much cheaper, so even a successful fusion generator has a high bar. I dream of controlled fusion to not just be successful, but practical

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