• FundMECFS@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    2 days ago

    yep its all ✨infrastructural inertia✨

    because on paper thorium and fusion are both way ahead of uranium but the world has invested billions of dollars over 80 years into creating infrastructure for uranium.

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      From what I understand, thorium reactors have been more or less proven to be a viable power source, while fusion reactors still have major unsolved problems and likely won’t be viable for decades.