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Chris Wright: “I think we will have more energy in than out in the next…”

Featuring: Chris Wright, Republican | Secretary of Energy | National

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Chris & Liz Wright on Iran, Solar, Nuclear, & Card Counting | KMP Ep.34

Published | Video Starts at 14:55

Which is why polysilicon is produced mostly in China because they have massive coal reserves and they produce a massive amount of high temperature process heat to produce polysilicon. When do you think we'll have fusion? I think we will have more energy in than out in the next three to five years [for fusion]. I think we'll have hopefully a commercial pathway identified in the next five years. But fusion energy on the grid? Yeah, it's 10 years if everything goes awesomely well. (14:55–15:03)

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Predicts that fusion energy will achieve a net positive energy output in the next three to five years.

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