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wasn't there recently papers claiming helion fusion's design is literally incapable of producing energy?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwB4hB9QJX8

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Yes. They argue Helion screwed up computing the rate of energy flow from fast ions to cool electrons. I have not seen a good rejoinder from Helion, which is a very bad sign.

Given this, and given the apparent failure of Zap's scheme to scale, I don't think fusion has any significant chance of succeeding now.

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