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Looking at the block diagram at the top of here -

there's a lot more energy needed to get net positive

I was curious about the source of that block diagram. Not an exact source for the diagram, but here is an explanation of how the lasers work with the energy input and output at each stage: https://lasers.llnl.gov/about/how-nif-works/anatomy-of-a-nif...