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by spauldo 305 days ago
Why would you think that fusion would give you unlimited energy? All it does is allow you to get energy from cheap, nearly unlimited fuel. You still have to produce, transmit, store, and distribute that energy.

It's great for the environment but for most people not much would change.

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What you pay in a free market is (highly simplified) the marginal cost. So even if the setup is highly expensive, in the end, if your fuel is abundant and cheap, your electricity will be abundant and cheap