• lovesickoyster@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    why won’t anybody else flush endless amounts of money down the drain for a white elephant?

    wait, are we talking about nuclear fusion?

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      11 months ago

      No, molten salt fission reactors. The technology never worked on a commercial scale and it’s doubtful it ever will. And even if somebody were willing to finance the development, it would take decades to become viable.

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        11 months ago

        No, molten salt fission reactors.

        your sarcasm detector might be broken.

        The technology never worked on a commercial scale and it’s doubtful it ever will.

        I guess the chinese think differently - we will see.