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Fusion vs. renewables are not zero-sum. It’s possible to research one while supporting the other. All these fusion threads bash on fusion because renewables are
by beowulfey 5y ago
Fusion vs. renewables are not zero-sum. It’s possible to research one while supporting the other. All these fusion threads bash on fusion because renewables are here now, but in actuality fusion research and renewable rollouts can come from very different budgets.
- tsimionescu 5y agoI'm not saying research into fusion should be stopped. But I also don't think it's important to increase spending into fusion power, as the comment that I was replying to suggested. Even more so, i don't think we should be blocking investment into fission power on expectations that fusion power will make it deprecated in 10 years. It's good to have fusion power in our back pockets, but we shouldn't be relying on it for our energy plans quite yet.