> but I think it's intellectually dishonest to portray is as fundamentally sound No offense but I think this sentiment is a huge problem with Hacker News. I h

> but I think it's intellectually dishonest to portray is as fundamentally sound No offense but I think this sentiment is a huge problem with Hacker News. I have a minimal understanding of fusion energy production from an engineering perspective but I know more than the vast majority of the world due to my background. You are smart but not a subject matter expert in this topic. Fusion is not a sustainable a reaction while fission is. Fission happens on its own, fusion requires something else to happen first (on Earth). Please don't insult the people in this thread who are subject matter experts in the field by implying they are intellectually dishonest. I am not a subject matter expert but recognize that a few of them are commenting in this thread with details that I have learned from other experts.