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If we're talking about OP's claim that "fusion will never happen," then OP is wrong if fusion is outcompeted by renewables in southern California but viable in
by DennisP 4y ago
If we're talking about OP's claim that "fusion will never happen," then OP is wrong if fusion is outcompeted by renewables in southern California but viable in Canada.
- Gwypaas 4y agoGreat that it's windier closer to the poles and windier during the winter. Unless you're talking about north of the arctic circle, then sure. You can fill that niche of a couple of hundred thousand people living in the global north and not within striking distance of massive hydro reserves. https://globalwindatlas.info/en https://globalwindatlas.info/en Or like this study a while back finding building SMRs in the Canadian north close to a laughable proposition given the power requirements, costs and tiny niche market. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S030142152030327X https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S03014...
- moloch-hai 4y agoFusion would be trying to compete with imported fuel, just as fission fails to achieve today except where massively subsidized. In the nearish future, that fuel will be synthetic, likely ammonia, produced at solar farms in the tropics, or at wind farms nearer by. Of course in places where transmission lines are practical, power will be imported that way instead. No one will ever be able to maintain a cartel on the synthetic fuel supply.