Why would, e.g., solar and chemical or physical storage be a stopgap? Why spend 20 years of building a fission reactor these days (other than for research, medical, or defense purposes) which also make awful targets in a conflict? Maybe just wait till fusion reactors are there.

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kulahan 3 days ago | parent | next [-]

Why would fusion reactors magically appear when the entire field of nuclear energy production is, in this scenario, essentially dead??

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RandomLensman 3 days ago | parent [-]

Not sure why pursuing fusion needs building fission reactors for energy production.

	▲	kulahan 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		Because nuclear engineers, plant operators, radioactive mining facilities, and other types of workers that will be needed across both, need to be employed from today until fusion reactors are made.

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bluefirebrand 3 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Because the reactor will still run 20 years after that while the solar and storage will need to be replaced by then

	▲	RandomLensman 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		Reactors need ongoing maintenance, repairs, replacement.