https://nashboykin.com/tags/lcoe/ Recent content in Lcoe on Stars on Earth https://nashboykin.com/images/og-card.png https://nashboykin.com/images/og-card.png Hugo en-us 2026 Nash Boykin · Stars on Earth Fri, 31 Jul 2026 12:00:00 -0400 https://nashboykin.com/posts/laser-fusion-lcoe/ Fri, 31 Jul 2026 12:00:00 -0400 https://nashboykin.com/posts/laser-fusion-lcoe/ <p>Everyone who covers fusion eventually gets asked the same question: what would the electricity actually cost? Almost nobody answers it, because almost nobody can. There&rsquo;s no operating laser fusion power plant, so there&rsquo;s no bill to point to. What exists instead is a handful of assumptions about lasers, targets, and plants that don&rsquo;t exist yet, wired together into a spreadsheet.</p> <p>So I built the spreadsheet. Then I turned it into something you can play with.</p>