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Fusion uses hydrogen and produces helium

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They use liquid helium to cool the super magnets…

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Sure, but why does that mean they must be losing the helium each time? I don’t know anything about liquid helium and super conductors, but I know I don’t need to replace my radiator fluid just because it cooled my engine.

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Once used, it need to be cooled down to -252c to be reused. Not like a closed loop of oil

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Sure, but they don’t consume it, and let it just boil off. They have massive refrigerant setups to bring it down to temp and keep it there.

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