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Critiques of nuclear fusion as a solution to the CO2 problem

Net energy gain from laser fusion.

Ignition Omission: Understanding the National Ignition Facility Milestone Steven Krivit, New Energy Times (Dec 21, 2022).
"This video explains: 1. The actual device input energy that the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory omitted in its December 2022 announcement. 2. The real-world significance of fusion ignition/scientific breakeven. 3. The gap between the ignition result and the energy needed for device breakeven. 4. The extremely brief duration of the fusion reaction. 5. Why the claims that fusion is an "unlimited, abundant" source of energy are not true. 6. That one of the two required fuels for most nuclear fusion concepts does not exist. 7. That there currently are no good ways to make tritium. 8. Visually, how far away this fusion device is from becoming a practical source of energy. "

How close is nuclear fusion power?, Sabine Hossenfelder, Science without the gobbledygook (Oct 2, 2021).
"How close is nuclear fusion to break-even? If you trust the headlines we're getting close and the international project ITER is going to be the first to produce energy from fusion power. But not so fast. Scientists have, accidentally or deliberately, come to use a very misleading quantity to measure their progress. Unfortunately we're much farther away from generating fusion power than the headlines suggest. "