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Chris Wright: “Generations from now, [fusion energy] is probably the…”

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And how is that going to compete with the machines we're building to harness fission energy? But this virtuous competition between all of them ultimately will drive down the price of energy from fusion and fission. And Generations from now, [fusion energy] is probably the runaway winner in low cost. And what are we going to do with that? Right, we're going to power our world with that. But a lot of that energy is going to be used to do what? (49:29)

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Predicts fusion energy will be the most cost-effective energy source in the future.

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