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The fuel is deuterium, plus He3 which they make from deuterium fusion. Deuterium is absurdly abundant in the oceans and will last until the sun goes out.

Most of the energy is released as fast-moving charged particles, which will drive direct electricity production, so efficiency might be pretty good, but I haven't seen numbers.



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