China's 'artificial sun' shatters nuclear fusion record by generating steady loop of plasma for 1,000 seconds - eviltoast
  • AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works
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    13 天前

    The main attraction of fusion is near limitless clean energy generation. The corollary of near limitless is that per unit price will be extremely low. The tech is inherently scalable to larger reactors, and that means if you’re going to be building a reactor anyway, it’s easy to combine it with nearby industrial development plans to take advantage of it.

    • zurohki@aussie.zone
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      13 天前

      Bigger, more powerful fusion gear isn’t going to also be more expensive?

      Lots of generation technologies scale, and costs fall as they do. That’s not something unique to fusion power.