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The National Academies of Sciences just wrapped up a live stream with Elon Musk. Surprising to me, it's his opinion that we don't need to develop fusion reactor
by okareaman 5y ago
The National Academies of Sciences just wrapped up a live stream with Elon Musk. Surprising to me, it's his opinion that we don't need to develop fusion reactors because we already have a fusion reactor in the sky. He said there is a clear path to capturing that energy with solar panels and batteries to deliver it at the desired rate
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLydXZOo4eA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLydXZOo4eA
- chii 5y agoThe opinion of elon musk is intimately tied with his ownership of battery production business (that is tesla - it's more a battery company now than ever before!). i don't see the price of batteries decreasing to such an extend that it's cheaper to solar capture and store with batteries (of the lithium-ion kind at least), than to produce electricity with nuclear. And i would say we need a mix of everything, since they all make different trade offs.
- okareaman 5y agoHis comment was about fusion. He said he believes we could eventually make it work, but spending the money wasn't necessary. His battery business is mostly for cars, which is unrelated to the source of the electricity.
- bradknowles 5y agoHis large scale battery plants suck up a huge number of batteries internally. It’s not all about the cars, it’s about the ecosystem around the cars.
- N1H1L 5y agoIt is cheaper today already. Battery backed solar already has a LCOE than nuclear.