Comment by JumpCrisscross
4 days ago
> first fusion power plants will only get built with huge government subsides
This is true of every energy system ever.
4 days ago
> first fusion power plants will only get built with huge government subsides
This is true of every energy system ever.
I believe that was actually their point. To say that it is still a long way before a functioning fusion reactor will be build, let alone the first that will be built as commercially viable standalone without subsidies.
Something requiring huge government subsidies has no bearing on its timeline. (Source: the literal Manhattan Project.)
> let alone the first that will be built as commercially viable standalone without subsidies
The entire enterprise is practically government subsidies. The recent advent of VC is a rounding error.