• sunbeam60@lemmy.one
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    11 months ago

    So does 4 other fission power plants we can imagine. Now sure why we’re so Darwindamned fixated on fusion - I suspect it’s just the name.

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      11 months ago

      Fissionable isotopes are yet another nonrenewable fuel.

      Hydrogen is the most abundant element in the universe.

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        11 months ago

        With reprocessing, which we already do, and new Gen IV power plants, there’s enough energy to last us thousand of years with currently known resources. And that’s before we start scooping it out of the water.