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Just running the steam turbine part of a power plant struggles to compete with renewables. I don't see how attaching a complicated high-tech gizmo to the steam
by adrianN 4y ago
Just running the steam turbine part of a power plant struggles to compete with renewables. I don't see how attaching a complicated high-tech gizmo to the steam engine can help the economics unless it also prints money as a side effect to producing heat.
- _0w8t 4y agoThe problem with natural gas turbine is the energy cost of fuel. One looses a lot extracting it from Earth. And then there are unknown, and, as such, potentially catastrophic, consequences of pumping more and more CO2 into the atmosphere. Fusion reactors has none of that. But the cost of gizmos as seen currently is a way too high indeed.
- willis936 4y ago>Just running the steam turbine part of a power plant struggles to compete with renewables. Disingenuous. Your bicycle costs less than a car, but can you use it to move 500 pounds at 60 mph in the rain? Talk about renewables + seasonable storage.
- adrianN 4y agoFusion is a high-capex form of energy. If your only niche in the market is the two windstill, dark weeks in the year you'll have a hard time recouping your investments.