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marschron...

May 28, 2009 02:36 AM

Why pursue fusion power plants when we could just set up a bunch of solar panels (or solar heat engines)?

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May 28, 2009 03:33 AM | view on twitter

Solar energy is pretty inefficient and expensive. They also have to be heavily subsidized in order to be profitable. Nuclear generates a lot of relatively cheap energy.

Hopefully solar panel technology will advance to the point where it is a cost effective option soon.

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