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    Originally slated to cost around $5 billion and fire up in 2020, it has now suffered multiple delays and its budget swelled beyond $22 billion, with an additional $5 billion proposed to cover additional costs. These unforeseen expenses and delays are behind the most recent, 15-year delay.

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      And now France is installing far-right government. It will be worse than when Reagan removed the solar panels from the roof of the White House.

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    China may beat them to the punch. China reports fusion breakthrough with HH70 Tokamak

    By 2027, Energy Singularity aims to build a next-generation tokamak, a steady-state, high-magnetic-field, high-temperature superconducting model. This project will lay the groundwork for commercially viable fusion energy acquisition, with an ultimate goal of a demonstration power plant by 2030 […].

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      China may beat them to the punch.

      Maybe, maybe not, but China is part of ITER, funding 10% of it.