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What do people think of this critique of nuclear fusion power? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJ4W1g-6JiY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJ4W1g-6JiY

• rini17 5y ago
  Spot on. I also saw another good metaphor: it's like building jet engine in the 1800s right after discovering Bernoulli's equation. However, since it has such mighty political backing as a solemn hope to tackle climate change, politics will always win.
• anonporridge 5y ago
  Generally good. My take is that the crux of her argument is that fusion is unlikely to be the great solution of all our energy problems any time soon, so we should not let that false hope direct our funding decisions in the race to a sustainable energy future. It would be an insanely good outcome if fusion becomes viable and massively scaled by the end of the century, and frankly, that's not soon enough for our climate and peak oil problems.
• willis936 5y ago
  Awful. More here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30090315 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30090315
• yurishimo 5y ago
  The couple of videos I watched above your comment seem to take this into account. I think that's why the aim is for a Q > 10 rather than just being content with Q > 1.