Impact of nuclear fusion on TSLA

[Buckminster]

I am watching this:

I have not seriously considered fusion for a long time. Elon not impressed, a long way off and I thought it would impact negatively (Tesla solar, roofs and natter storage). Given how bullish Whyte is, I was forced to reconsider and soon realised:

1. It will of course take a long time to ramp (20+ years) which is a long runway for Tesla Energy
2. It still may not happen
3. Most importantly it would be amazing for Tesla vehicles - abundant energy removes the risk that the world may not transition to renewables for whatever reason

 

[Ogre]

I still find the most compelling case for fusion to be interplanetary.

If they can send half a dozen ships and build a 50 GW power station on mars it would be a huge accelerant to colonization.

 

[mspohr]

World’s Largest Fusion Project Is in Big Trouble, New Documents Reveal

The International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) is already billions of dollars over budget and decades behind schedule. Not even its leaders can say how much more money and time it will take to complete

www.scientificamerican.com

It could be a new world record, although no one involved wants to talk about it. In the south of France, a collaboration among 35 countries has been birthing one of the largest and most ambitious scientific experiments ever conceived: the giant fusion power machine known as the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER). But the only record ITER seems certain to set doesn’t involve “burning” plasma at temperatures 10 times higher than that of the sun’s core, keeping this “artificial star” ablaze and generating net energy for seconds at a time or any of fusion energy’s other spectacular and myriad prerequisites. Instead ITER is on the verge of a record-setting disaster as accumulated schedule slips and budget overruns threaten to make it the most delayed—and most cost-inflated—science project in history.

 

[Buckminster]

Microsoft have paid Helion to build a power plant for 2028.

 

[kabin]

Microsoft have paid Helion to build a power plant for 2028.

Here you go Microsoft, our commercial fusion solution requires 105% energy input for 100% output but we promise to keep updating the design assuming we receive future funding.

 

[Buckminster]

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