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I would say the opposite. Achieving fusion power is so critical to the long term sustainability of human technological civilization that we cannot afford to pu
by theresistor 8y ago
I would say the opposite. Achieving fusion power is so critical to the long term sustainability of human technological civilization that we cannot afford to put all of our eggs in one basket, and hope that we picked the right one.
- chiefalchemist 8y agoFair enough. And I agree. However, to be clear, that's __not__what this article says. Per the quote I pulled.
- chiefalchemist 8y agoDown voted __again__ for stating a fact. Only on HN. And I thought CNN was bad.
- aqme28 8y agoI think you're misinterpreting the quote, and that's probably why you were downvoted.
- pfdietz 8y agoFusion power is not critical to long term sustainability. There are perfectly adequate, even superior, alternatives. Fusion has inherent problems that, in my strong opinion, are going to render it uncompetitive against these alternatives.
- drjesusphd 8y agoFusion is only necessary for long-term sustainability if you're talking about interstellar travel (and even then, fission may be fine). There's a real physical ceiling to how much power can be consumed on Earth's surface, regardless of its source.