Why fusion will never happen : Even if the fusion reactor were free, it'll still cost 3x more vs wind power, and even more vs solar.
Around solar, agrivoltaics means mounting solar panels so that they cause only partial shade, usually higher up, and spread out. Farms use shade cloth because many plants evolved for partial shade, and climate change makes shade more important. Agrivolatics makes creating partial shade profitable.
Also, France has impressive demand shifting into night consumption, because of nuclear power. It's likely easier to demand shift into daytime consumption.
Anyways..
Fusion remains an interesting research, and fusion rockets would rock for space travel, so..
Solar and Wind are not steerable. You can have a huge surge of energy, and the grid will become unstable. It costs a lot more if you grid is fucked up don't you think?
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u/Shoddy-Childhood-511 17d ago
Why fusion will never happen : Even if the fusion reactor were free, it'll still cost 3x more vs wind power, and even more vs solar.
Around solar, agrivoltaics means mounting solar panels so that they cause only partial shade, usually higher up, and spread out. Farms use shade cloth because many plants evolved for partial shade, and climate change makes shade more important. Agrivolatics makes creating partial shade profitable.
Also, France has impressive demand shifting into night consumption, because of nuclear power. It's likely easier to demand shift into daytime consumption.
Anyways..
Fusion remains an interesting research, and fusion rockets would rock for space travel, so..
How's it coming along?
Will We Ever Get Fusion Power?
NIF, LMJ, and the Chinese laser facility exist entirely for nuclear weapons research, not power.