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The cheap and easy route is wind+solar+battery? And what about fusion, we spend a lot on R&D but it's pretty clear it will be even more expensive than fission,
by aeternum 4y ago
The cheap and easy route is wind+solar+battery?
And what about fusion, we spend a lot on R&D but it's pretty clear it will be even more expensive than fission, if you were in charge would you cancel that effort entirely and shift funds elsewhere?
- chess_buster 4y agoEven Sabine would not do it.
- epistasis 4y agoWind+solar+battery is here today, and the faster we deploy it, the more we will save. Every day that we delay the transition is another day that we are overpaying for energy. If fusion can compete once it happens, bring it on. But it should be targeting a cost of $1-5/MWh instead of $50/MWh.
- pfdietz 4y agoMost DT fusion efforts should be cancelled. ITER is an abomination, for example. It has no chance of leading to anything remotely attractive as a power plant. Helion's approach might make engineering sense, but it's still a longshot. But that's ok for research.