A massive nuclear fusion experiment just hit a major milestone, potentially putting us a little closer to a future of limitless clean energy.

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    11 months ago

    It’s not limitless clean energy. It’s awesome, but technically it still uses water and turbines to turn the heat to electricity. In a world with vastly more electric demand this will eventually lead to global warming as well, because a lot of the heat is released into the environment.

    That’s on a totally different scale though ;)

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      11 months ago

      Do you have a source on the claim that nuclear fusion will lead to global warming? I did a very cursory search and I’ve found articles that talk about how the technology is being exaggerated but all the ones I’ve seen said that it does not contribute to global warming.

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        11 months ago

        He’s assuming that making energy cheap and abundant will drive up demand as we find other uses

        In a world with vastly more electric demand

        Historically this has been true but I’m not convinced. We’ve definitely entered an era where efficiency and low energy are important, and I think that trend will continue

        More people will need AC, but AC is becoming much more efficient. The entire fossil fuel supply will be transitioned to electrical …… damn, maybe he’s right. I started thinking in terms of how I used electricity, as an American, and I believe it’s generally plateaued, but consider the vast majority of the globe does not yet live like an American and may want to ….

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      11 months ago

      Yeah at the scale of a Type I civilization probably one that is close to Type II. No reason to worry about it now. And even so we already have tech that can radiate heat into space without it heating the surrounding air.