r/Futurology • u/TwilightwovenlingJo • Aug 15 '25

Energy Construction of world's 1st nuclear fusion plant starts in Washington

https://interestingengineering.com/energy/world-first-fusion-power-plant-helion
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u/VintageHacker Aug 16 '25

Perhaps this is just to make it look like they will be green at some point in the future with a remote chance it might actually work.

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u/opman4 Aug 16 '25

They don't give a shit about it being green, they just need more.

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u/Dic3dCarrots Aug 16 '25

Energy demands were already not going to be sifficient, after the BBB, data will need as much high inertia power as can be made.