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Why Fusion Power Tomorrow Needs Industrial Capacity Today
Innovation has geographic inertia: regional hubs for today's technologies are positioned best to birth those of tomorrow. Fusion is no exception... but how should this knowledge inform better fusion and industrial policy?
2026 The Breakthrough InstituteA Crossroads for Aluminum and Electrified Heavy Industry
Rebuilding competitive aluminum production outside of China will take more than tariffs — it demands coordinated investment, allied cooperation, and the process knowledge in molten salt electrolysis that carries over to next-generation industrial technologies.
2026 The Breakthrough InstituteTaking Advantage of Critical Mineral Stockpiling
Physical stockpiles alone can't fix America's mineral supply vulnerabilities. Real security means building domestic capacity — and a reserve that functions as financial infrastructure, not just a warehouse.
2025 The Breakthrough InstituteSub-Saharan Africa Can't Afford to Eat on a Carbon Diet
Green fertilizer technologies are too expensive and too slow for a continent facing severe food insecurity. Natural gas isn't perfect, but it's incomparably better than people starving.
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