▲ 637 ▼ Nuclear fusion reaction releases almost twice the energy put in (www.newscientist.com) submitted 2 years ago by throwaway389430@lemmy.cafe to c/news@lemmy.world 344 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Zorque@kbin.social 59 points 2 years ago (3 children) What is with peoples insistence that we only ever use one kind of power generation? Wind, solar, fusion, fission, hydro, they all have their uses. Why limit yourself like some kind of console fanboy? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] blazera@kbin.social 16 points 2 years ago That's fair. Im big solar fanboy but if more people were fusion researchers the world wouldnt be a worse place. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ForgotAboutDre@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) Fusion is self sustained and highly scalable. If it was practical we wouldn't need the other forms, except for places not serviced by electrical grids. Fission takes a long time to build and finance. It hasn't been invested enough in. We need more green energy to replace fossil fuels faster than governments can get fusion plants up. That's why wind, solar and hydro are and should be the preference. Hydro needs the right geography. Solar and wind need the right local weather. Solar great in a California desert, but terrible in Scotland where wind and hydro are very effective. There some cases where a specific technology is the best and clearest option. But when fission becomes reliable, it will cover the vast majority of use cases in the highly Industrialised nations. Everything else will be niche. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Zorque@kbin.social 0 points 2 years ago Well as soon as I can get a fission reactor in my house I'll give up on energy independence then. permalink fedilink source parent [–] maness300@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) Why limit yourself like some kind of console fanboy? Propaganda by solar bros. It's only the solar bros doing this because you can sell solar to the average idiot. Most people can't own other forms of clean energy generation directly. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago I also have a suspicion that a lot of the renewables vs nuclear debate is stoked by fossil fuel interests permalink fedilink source parent
[–] blazera@kbin.social 16 points 2 years ago That's fair. Im big solar fanboy but if more people were fusion researchers the world wouldnt be a worse place. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ForgotAboutDre@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) Fusion is self sustained and highly scalable. If it was practical we wouldn't need the other forms, except for places not serviced by electrical grids. Fission takes a long time to build and finance. It hasn't been invested enough in. We need more green energy to replace fossil fuels faster than governments can get fusion plants up. That's why wind, solar and hydro are and should be the preference. Hydro needs the right geography. Solar and wind need the right local weather. Solar great in a California desert, but terrible in Scotland where wind and hydro are very effective. There some cases where a specific technology is the best and clearest option. But when fission becomes reliable, it will cover the vast majority of use cases in the highly Industrialised nations. Everything else will be niche. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Zorque@kbin.social 0 points 2 years ago Well as soon as I can get a fission reactor in my house I'll give up on energy independence then. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Zorque@kbin.social 0 points 2 years ago Well as soon as I can get a fission reactor in my house I'll give up on energy independence then. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] maness300@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) Why limit yourself like some kind of console fanboy? Propaganda by solar bros. It's only the solar bros doing this because you can sell solar to the average idiot. Most people can't own other forms of clean energy generation directly. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago I also have a suspicion that a lot of the renewables vs nuclear debate is stoked by fossil fuel interests permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago I also have a suspicion that a lot of the renewables vs nuclear debate is stoked by fossil fuel interests permalink fedilink source parent