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I've absolutely no objection to building new things. I'm not against fusion as a "thing we can do". I hope the project in France is successful. What I'm saying

I've absolutely no objection to building new things. I'm not against fusion as a "thing we can do". I hope the project in France is successful. What I'm saying though is that the economics of fusion don't work. The temperature range, magnetic fields etc won't ever be 'cheap'. Look, going to the moon wasn't economic, but it got us GPS and satellite TV which definitely are. Fusion may give us other unexpected benefits. But it'll never be the 'energy too cheap to meter' that was envisaged in the 1950s.

AnthonyMouse 2y ago
> What I'm saying though is that the economics of fusion don't work. The temperature range, magnetic fields etc won't ever be 'cheap'. This feels like arguing that computers will never be cheap, because look how much it costs to build a 1970s mainframe. How could anybody ever afford to have that in their house? Meanwhile it turns out that EUV lithography requires some fancy equipment but when you mass produce it, the result is that everybody has one in their pocket.