The Cost of a Nuclear Fusion Reactor

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Fusion energy is not competitive economically by an order magnitude. You can't just have a hot thing, ok? So the hot thing has to translate to usble electricity. The amount o suvisery you need to a pow o the united states is remarkably tiny. It's like a little corner of texas or utah, entire countryfe fe uyou could basely powerou you probably tenx with silver alone without displacing anyone's home.

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