Cost transition to Solar compared to LPPFusion

[Dutchie]

There is already a different thread about LPPFusion. See LPP questions/discussion

However, I thought of starting another one as this article gives a good comparison to the ever decreasing price of solar

LPPFusion Update | Over 80% of minimum goal reached, answers on solar comparison

 

[ItsNotAboutTheMoney]

That page is simply so full of unnecessary, deliberately misleading crap about solar that I wouldn't give them the time of day.

 

[nwdiver]

There is already a different thread about LPPFusion. See LPP questions/discussion

However, I thought of starting another one as this article gives a good comparison to the ever decreasing price of solar

LPPFusion Update | Over 80% of minimum goal reached, answers on solar comparison

Until one is actually built and sold... this is the cost of LPPFusion: $¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I hope LPPFusion works. I hope they really can produce generators for $0.10/w. But betting on hope at the expense of what's proven to work is a terrible idea... just ask Steve Jobs....

 

[SageBrush]

That page is simply so full of unnecessary, deliberately misleading crap about solar that I wouldn't give them the time of day.

It is also way out of date. $5 a watt for solar was true in 2011, but it is closer to $1 a watt today.

 

[nwdiver]

It is also way out of date. $5 a watt for solar was true in 2011, but it is closer to $1 a watt today.

I don't know what I'd like to see more... the assumptions used to calculate $0.10/w for LPPFusion or the assumptions used $25/w for Solar... they're equally absurd...

 

[SageBrush]

assumptions used $25/w for Solar... they're equally absurd...

I can almost explain the $25 number:

$4.5 a watt
Presumed 20% capacity factor, even though the wikipedia article says 23% capacity.
4.5/0.2 = $22.5 a watt for 100% capacity.

That is actually somewhat OK ... except it presumes the competing choice is 100% capacity factor. You know better than the rest of us that is not the case with standard Nuclear, let alone the untested new guy on the nuclear block. It also politely ignores the O&M&disposal costs of a nuclear plant. And it ignores the insurance cost. And it ignores environmental considerations. But otherwise ... sure; ;-)

 

[RDoc]

Lerner is generally considered to be something between a charlatan and a nut case, possibly a hybrid. His physics as well as his engineering claims are pretty much garbage as I understand it, but he does seem to have found a way to make money from them.

 

[Dutchie]

Lerner is generally considered to be something between a charlatan and a nut case, possibly a hybrid. His physics as well as his engineering claims are pretty much garbage as I understand it, but he does seem to have found a way to make money from them.

I am not so sure. Yes, that book "The Big Bang never happened" is sketchy but the milestones on LPPFusion are reported in respected peer-reviewed journals. BTW His salary is $110,000 per year. It is good but hardly at the top 1%

 

[Dutchie]

They raised now well over $500K and are on their way to achieving their goal somewhere in March. If people have questions then I encourage to look at the site under the tab "ask question".

LPPFusion | Cheap, safe, and clean energy generator: the power of the sun recreated on Earth | Wefunder

 

[Ampster]

They raised now well over $500K and are on their way to achieving their goal somewhere in March.".

I need a solution now so I invested in solar panels on my roof.