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		willis936 on Oct 6, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Can Nuclear Fusion Put the Brakes on Climate Chang... Creating conditions to split a heavy nucleus for 1 microsecond is much easier to do than fusing light nuclei steady state.

simonh on Oct 8, 2021 [–]

Yes of course, I know that. I’m not even saying the investment in fusion is a bad idea. I’m just pointing out that actually our investment in it is enormous and very risky.

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