david robertsDec 14, 2022
Drives me crazy that people are still pining away for some magic blue-light arc-reacor sci-fi energy source to save us when solar and wind are out there doing it, as we speak.
Show threaddavid robertsDec 14, 2022

"If only we could generate energy cheaper than any fossil fuel, but free of carbon emissions!"

Uh.

Show threaddavid robertsDec 15, 2022

And solar's not even close to done yet!

"MIT engineers have developed a scalable fabrication technique to produce paper-thin and lightweight solar cells that can quickly and easily turn any surface into a power source." https://pvbuzz.com/mit-produce-paper-thin-and-lightweight-fabric-solar-cells/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

MIT develops a scalable manufacturing technique to produce paper-thin, lightweight fabric solar cells that can be stuck onto any surface

pvbuzz.com
Show threaddavid robertsDec 15, 2022

The fusion discourse is extremely annoying, but it'll be gone again in a day or two, so let me just add two final notes to this.

First: no one, least of all me, is "against" fusion or fusion research. Research away! Yay for science.

Show threadKevin Marks
@drvolts I like my fusion reactor at a safe distance in space, beaming power back to the earth as light waves.
We have one of those, it's 93 million miles away and the light receiving panels keep getting cheaper.
Dec 15, 2022 at 8:52pmWeb
Show threadBob WymanDec 15, 2022
@KevinMarks @drvolts
But if that fusion reactor is only one astronomical unit away, is it really safe?
Show threadGarrett WollmanDec 16, 2022
@bobwyman @KevinMarks @drvolts Well, it'll be a few billion years before (we're pretty certain that) it will vaporize us, so we've got some time to think up a response.