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Fusion scales incredibly well. For a given working reactor design, efficiency increases with size. I think viable working fusion would lead to a more interconne
by scrumbledober 8y ago
Fusion scales incredibly well. For a given working reactor design, efficiency increases with size. I think viable working fusion would lead to a more interconnected grid because of this as opposed to smallscale fusion reactors being deployed in semi-remote areas. On the other hand truly difficult to reach places would be perfect for fusion as once it's built it takes very little fuel to run.
- pfdietz 8y agoFusion reactor economics get worse as you make them bigger (assuming the smaller one works at all). That's because their power output is limited by what the first wall can withstand. By the square/cube law, their power/volume must decline as they are made larger.