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Using Fusion Energy to Capture the Sun at Virtually No Cost
Chamath: fusion energy exists today. We actually know how to capture it at virtually no cost right now. IAEA says you can capture grid level solar energy for about three cents a kilowatt hour. The net energy you can capture on say a football field sized facility from solar is just a tiny fraction of the energy you could generate from a football field-sized fusion reactor. JKL: It's an incredible technical leap to replicate something that exists. And there is a positive energy equation just in a different modality which doesn't speak to technically minded individuals.