  This comment discusses the feasibility of hot ion mode
${{T}_{i}}/{{T}_{e}}=4$ for proton-boron fusion which is critical for the
roadmap proposed in Liu, M et al [Phys. Plasmas 31, 062507 (2024)]. The hot ion
mode ${{T}_{i}}/{{T}_{e}}=4$ has been calculated to be far from accessible
(${{T}_{i}}/{{T}_{e}}<1.5$ for ${{T}_{i}}=150\text{keV}$) under the most
optimal conditions if fusion provides the heating (Xie, H [Introduction to
Fusion Ignition Principles: Zeroth Order Factors of Fusion Energy Research (in
Chinese), USTC Press, Hefei, 2023]), i.e., that all fusion power serves to heat
the ions and that electrons acquire energy only through interactions with ions.
We also discuss if hot ion mode of ${{T}_{i}}/{{T}_{e}}=4$ could be achieved by
an ideal heating method which is much more efficient than fusion itself and
only heats the ions, whether it makes sense economically.
