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China's 'artificial sun' shatters nuclear fusion record by generating steady loop of plasma for 1,000 seconds (www.livescience.com)
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[–] zurohki@aussie.zone 1 points 1 week ago

Bigger, more powerful fusion gear isn't going to also be more expensive?

Lots of generation technologies scale, and costs fall as they do. That's not something unique to fusion power.