• FundMECFS@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    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.

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      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.

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        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.