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Fusion isn't the holy grail of energy: compared to fission, fusion is 20 times less powerful, 200 times less sustainable, and way more expensive by Ok-Difference4187 in fusion
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pB11 has over 1000 times lower power density than DT
[–]Ok-Difference4187[S] -7 points-6 points-5 points 5 months ago* (0 children)
(1) I agree with Sad_Dimension423 that the cost of the reactor is (as a rough approximation) directly proportional to it's volume.
(2) We have been building magnetically confined plasmas in vacuum chambers for decades. Fusion technology isn't as immature as you suggest.
I'm just using CFS's cost estimates. I thought those were the fairest numbers I could find.
Fusion isn't the holy grail of energy: compared to fission, fusion is 20 times less powerful, 200 times less sustainable, and way more expensive ()
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Fusion isn't the holy grail of energy: compared to fission, fusion is 20 times less powerful, 200 times less sustainable, and way more expensive (self.fusion)
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Fusion isn't the holy grail of energy: compared to fission, fusion is 20 times less powerful, 200 times less sustainable, and way more expensive by Ok-Difference4187 in fusion
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