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> It creates a weaker position for labor.

Is this worth >1 trillion in capex?

For reference, less than 100 billion have been invested into fusion energy — since 1950.



Total wages in the us is ~11T per year. Depress the labor force a little bit, force up unemployment a little bit, and halt wage growth and you are seeing trillions in annual savings for the bosses just in the US alone.


Could be? What is your take?

What does fusion energy have to do with labor cost?

Obviously AI is technology that has its own value.

But keeping the labor cost down by just a few percent (and handing that money to company profits) has tremendous leverage.




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