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minus-squareFundMECFS@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·1 month agoThorium is the Fusion of Fission. Since the 60’s we’ve been told that thorium tech is just around the corner and it will replace uranium.
minus-squareFrezik@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33·1 month agoChina has a working prototype today. There weren’t any theoretical issues, someone just needed to put the money down. Same thing with fusion, really.
minus-squareFundMECFS@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·1 month agoyep 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.
Thorium is the Fusion of Fission.
Since the 60’s we’ve been told that thorium tech is just around the corner and it will replace uranium.
China has a working prototype today. There weren’t any theoretical issues, someone just needed to put the money down.
Same thing with fusion, really.
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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