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Would be great if we could harness fusion energy. But in present and near future, renewables are the saviours.

• toomuchtodo 10y ago
  Renewables are simply fusion capture at a distance ;)
  • mrchucklepants 10y ago
    That's actually true of non-renewable energy as well.
  • autokad 10y ago
    technically coal power is solar, coal is just the fuel cells / batteries
  • marssaxman 10y ago
    I like the joke that my house is fusion-powered; the reactor is of course located in a remote industrial area, for safety, and I rely on an array of roof-mounted receivers for long-range wireless power transfer. Conveniently enough, this reactor happens to be a deregulated and tragically undersubscribed public utility service...
    • toomuchtodo 10y ago
      Love your comment. Reminds me of something I'd read in a Douglas Adams book.
• mcguire 10y ago
  Is there some name for the argument that "The future is not [a technology that currently works, if not perfectly], it's [an open research problem if it can be made to work at all]"? Fusion, hydrogen fuel cells,...
  • sidcool 10y ago
    Pipe Dream? /s
  • deleted 10y ago
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