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mleku | 2 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 i think it's strictly incorrect to call fusion energy "nuclear power" tho
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Piriya ⚡🟧 | 2 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 That's actually my main concern. Oh the internal struggles.
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mleku | 2 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 well, fusion powered sounds cool but technically the plant is driven by photo-thermo-electric energy that is provided by a fusion reactor

there should be a word for photothermoelectric energy tho

oh yeah, sunshine!
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TheSpiritualMachine | 2 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
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Piriya ⚡🟧 | 2 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Exactly, and as an ape living on a spinning space rock, I love bathing in photothermoelectric radiation when the part of the rock I'm on spins to face the space nuclear fusion reactor every spin.
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TheSpiritualMachine | 2 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Just say energy next time mister verbose 😆