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Adding some invented constraints on to the problem of nuclear fusion is the most bikesheddy thing I've ever read.


What invented constraints? We've been chasing nuclear fusion since long before we really cared about greenhouse gas emissions. We want 'cheap and plentiful power'. Greenhouse gas intensity is a recent addition to the set of goals. It doesn't replace the existing motives, and to claim otherwise is greenwashing.


This one:

> What we as a people need is a fusion plant that costs less per KWH than a fossil fuel power plant with tariffs to account for the cost of the carbon dioxide, but still about as expensive as a fossil fuel plant where the carbon is free

That the fusion plant can't be too expensive, or too cheap.




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