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Wait till you find out how nuclear fusion makes electricity

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You mean, how it will in 20 years?

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It’s like Musk time. In 20 years it’ll only be 20 years away.

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17 points

Perpetually so

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We can do it now, just haven’t found a way to scale it and make it economical yet.

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7 points

ITER is doing a great job on that front

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Helion’s approach is actually different. They are attempting to capture energy directly through induction. I hope it pans out for them, seems like a really interesting approach.

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4 points

That seems inefficient

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Here’s a video I saw a few months back you might find interesting:

https://youtu.be/_bDXXWQxK38?si=7XooWphajO6OlRB5

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Don’t leave us ice cold.

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There’s actually two (at least that I know of) ways for fusion to generate electricity, this is a newer one https://youtu.be/uRaQLZaaHWo?si=DTwV26inm1pyrYn8

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