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See here http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITER http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITER
by confluence 14y ago
See here http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITER http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITER
- schiffern 14y agoA vacuum chamber containing 150,000,000 K plasma surrounded by molten lithium blankets surrounded by liquid-helium cooled superconductors. Yeah, that sounds cheap. Solar, anyone? Somehow I don't see $73/watt 7 years from now competing with $19/watt right now (of which about $5 is the panels) and falling fast. I'm assuming 13% capacity factor for solar here, which is pessimistic (Northeast US).
- ta12121 14y agoI am aware of iter. The proposed claim to be defended is "commercial fusion power by 2040", not "there exists an international experimental project to figure out how to create a fusion reactor with a positive energy balance and an economic durability, neither of which we know how to do yet."