Nuclear Fusion Is Already Facing a Fuel Crisis (opens in new tab)

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17 pointssaikan3y ago7 comments

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Fusion hype is like fission hype in the 1950s. "Clean" compared to fossil fuel. " so cheap you wont need to meter it".

That would be a pretty favorable comparison for fusion. Fission didn't end up powering the world, but I think it could have, if it was managed correctly and didn't become a boogey-man of the green movement.

panick21_3y ago

Fusion will never be used for large scale domestic power generation. There is really no way to make it cheaper then advanced fission.

ipspam3y ago

Meta-materials? Nano-bot assembly? Astroid mining?

I don't see why it can't be cheap and small eventually.

panick21_3y ago

Those things would also lower prices of fission reactors.

Fusion could have applications, maybe anutronic fusion could change the paradigm if it was small enough.

ipspam3y ago

I will agree with that. Safety wise though, I think there is more potential for Fusion to adapted widely with no fear from the public.

What is that worth? 50%? 100% premium over fission which not even the environmentalists can get behind???

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peter3033y ago

Fusion hype is like fission hype in the 1950s. "Clean" compared to fossil fuel. " so cheap you wont need to meter it".

witherk3y ago

panick21_3y ago

Fusion will never be used for large scale domestic power generation. There is really no way to make it cheaper then advanced fission.

ipspam3y ago

Meta-materials? Nano-bot assembly? Astroid mining?

I don't see why it can't be cheap and small eventually.

panick21_3y ago

Those things would also lower prices of fission reactors.

Fusion could have applications, maybe anutronic fusion could change the paradigm if it was small enough.

ipspam3y ago

I will agree with that. Safety wise though, I think there is more potential for Fusion to adapted widely with no fear from the public.

What is that worth? 50%? 100% premium over fission which not even the environmentalists can get behind???

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