[chii]

> ITER takes 440 megawatts of total power to generate 500 megawatts of power

not 500 MW of usable power. Have a watch of https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJ4W1g-6JiY

[devoutsalsa]

Yeah, you're right. I forgot about the heat efficiency. Even if it generated the full 500 megawatts, it wouldn't even be close to practical.