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by skywal_l 1713 days ago
ITER means International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor. It's not supposed to be useful. It is a prototype.

And yes, it costs a lot, but if they succeed, it would solve so many problems, it would be worth it.

And for scale, compare this to the amount of money being spent on, I don't know, the video game industry[1].

[1]: https://web.archive.org/web/20190509014637/https://newzoo.co...