T Folse Nuclear has some good reaction videos on fusion power. His TLDR is that we’re still a long way away, it’s likely part of our future but it’s not the silver bullet it’s made out to be.
I’m in favor of fission power and storage as a backbone to renewables. Glad big tech is investing in fission despite public opinion still being so negative.
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Still a developing technology. Who knows how attractive an option it may be in the future.
This article mostly focuses on how policy makers should plan for the future. For right now, focusing on solar and wind with battery storage is absolutely a better path: proven, cost-effective, already widely deployed. So yeah, no point on planning for commercial fusion at this time. But continued funding for research still makes sense.
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Give it 10 years!
T Folse Nuclear has some good reaction videos on fusion power. His TLDR is that we’re still a long way away, it’s likely part of our future but it’s not the silver bullet it’s made out to be.
I’m in favor of fission power and storage as a backbone to renewables. Glad big tech is investing in fission despite public opinion still being so negative.
Still a developing technology. Who knows how attractive an option it may be in the future.
This article mostly focuses on how policy makers should plan for the future. For right now, focusing on solar and wind with battery storage is absolutely a better path: proven, cost-effective, already widely deployed. So yeah, no point on planning for commercial fusion at this time. But continued funding for research still makes sense.