How much would fusion power wreck the economy?

[peterperkins]

Let's imagine some genius philanthropist cracks the fusion nut in the next few years and it becomes a practical royalty/patent free reality generating clean power at say a ballpark 1p per kwh.

How much would that screw up the worlds economics and who would be the worst affected?

We will still need oil to make plastics and a host of other stuff, but if we are not burning it what is the bottom line?

Edited by peterperkins on Wednesday 30th March 06:08