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To: antidemoncrat
Fusion reactors will blow all other forms of electricity production away.

Uh, no! Look at the design for any fusion reactor and a knowledgeable person's first question is, "tell me what was wrong with fission reactors, again?" And don't say waste because there are two problems with fusion. First the 14MeV neutrons make lots of activation products - e.g. waste. And second the only way to make the tritium you need for fusion is with a fission reactor.

Oh, and problem three. It doesn't actually work except in nuclear bombs.

39 posted on 02/04/2021 4:00:38 PM PST by AndyJackson
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To: AndyJackson
"And second the only way to make the tritium you need for fusion is with a fission reactor."

There are other fusion reactions than D-T.

46 posted on 02/04/2021 4:13:41 PM PST by Wonder Warthog (NRA Life Member)
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