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Tritium is produced by fission reactors, tritium decays into an isotope of helium.

So i think this is different from oil where oil can't really be produced.

I'm not saying we should crap all of our helium away, but I'm having a hard time being concerned about something that we can at least hypothetically produce.

Also, more on deep earth nuclear reactors: http://www.pnas.org/content/98/20/11085.full



Who says oil can't be produced? I mean, it doesn't make sense to use it as a fuel source since you'd have to put in at least as much energy as you'd be getting back out, but you can still produce it.


But is it produced in large enough quantities to make this viable?




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