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> ...yet another tokamak...inherently poor economics... True. Though the U of Seville co-leader's quote shows an excellent understanding of the economics of m
by bell-cot 2y ago
> ...yet another tokamak...inherently poor economics...
True. Though the U of Seville co-leader's quote shows an excellent understanding of the economics of modern fusion research:
"It [our first tokamak] needed to be one that a university could afford but also one that could make a unique contribution to the fusion landscape at the university scale," said Garcia-Munoz. "The idea was to put together technologies that were already established: a spherical tokamak and negative triangularity, making SMART the first of its kind. It turns out it was a fantastic idea."
- pfdietz 2y agoThat's the economics of research. I was referring to the economics of ultimate delivery as a power source.