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bucolic_frolic

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2. Energy as limitless abundance will outpace all other inputs

Reply to OKIsItJustMe (Original post)

Mon Mar 16, 2026, 07:19 PM

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IOW, nothing will be remaining when it all plays out

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How U.S. states can attract fusion power plants: A new CFS white paper [View all] OKIsItJustMe Monday OP

Coming soon - "How US States Can Attract Herds Of Unicorns" hatrack Monday #1

This is not some start-up run by dreamers OKIsItJustMe Monday #3

Right. I would have said to the naysayer "Can't we have a little optimism?" FadedMullet Monday #4

Well, as optimistic as I am that we will have commercial fusion soon... OKIsItJustMe Monday #6

Given our new reality of server "farms" popping up everywhere, you're probably right. FadedMullet Monday #7

So, imagine we can snap our fingers and tomorrow have a fusion-powered grid OKIsItJustMe Monday #8

Jeez, where does the other half come from? I know it's not cow farts. FadedMullet 7 hrs ago #18

Well, actually, some does come from methane from cows, although they generally belch it out OKIsItJustMe 6 hrs ago #20

This is a press release, not proof of concept or a peer-reviewed scientific paper . . . hatrack Monday #11

It's the 75th anniversary of the Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. NNadir Monday #12

And Edison made a coal burning plant in 1844 OKIsItJustMe 13 hrs ago #15

Really? Edison ran a coal plant in 1844, three years before his birth? NNadir 13 hrs ago #16

A Star in a Bottle: The Quest for Commercial Fusion OKIsItJustMe Monday #5

Energy as limitless abundance will outpace all other inputs bucolic_frolic Monday #2

Hmmm lonely bird Monday #9

The direct product of the fusion reaction is heat OKIsItJustMe Monday #10

Sure lonely bird 15 hrs ago #13

The great breakthrough of this design OKIsItJustMe 13 hrs ago #14

How are they generating the hot plasma? lonely bird 9 hrs ago #17

Multiple methods are used to initially heat the plasma OKIsItJustMe 7 hrs ago #19

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