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We will probably have no better production-ready, scalable, (minimally) carbon-free option for energy production to combat climate change in our lifetimes. If
by mkandes 10y ago
We will probably have no better production-ready, scalable, (minimally) carbon-free option for energy production to combat climate change in our lifetimes.
If you don't believe me and you haven't seen a real scientist explain the scale of the energy problem in a cogent way, you should watch Nathan Lewis:
2005: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUKqx2uk-Gs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUKqx2uk-Gs
2014: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16IQhTiN6OI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16IQhTiN6OI
If he cannot sell you, no one will ... and he's a solar guy.
- adrianN 10y agoI'm not that old. I believe that I'll see a fusion reactor connected to the grid.
- mkandes 10y agoMaybe one day. My bet is that, at best, a commercially built one won't be switched on before 2065. ITER [1] is and will continue to be behind schedule and over budget, pushing back any follow on plans for DEMO [2], let alone the subsequent commercialization of that technology. Of course, there's always hope for a breakthrough. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITER https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITER [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DEMO https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DEMO