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It might even all come fast enough to save us from climate change (But I'm not getting my hopes up)

bananapub 3y ago
we already know how to stop climate change: actually stop burning shit and deploy existing technologies quickly. the problem is lack of will, not lack of technology. corollary: anyone trying to say we need fancy new technologies like fusion/superconductores/supercapacitors isn't actually very interested in stopping climate change.
- mandmandam 3y ago
  > the problem is lack of will Lack of will which fossil fuel shitbirds spend billions enfestering, with tobacco company style tactics. They knew exactly what the fuck they were doing for the last fifty+ years. We probably agree on that, I'd just like to focus the blame where it properly belongs. Plenty of people care a lot about climate change, just as we care about plastic pollution and inequality, and I'm pretty fucking tired of being gaslit about it all.
- postalrat 3y ago
  There are much more effective ways to geo-engineer earths climate. Their problem is the politics that surround all the options. Sooner or later we won't have other options.
- gerdesj 3y ago
  Nuclear fusion would be quite handy. That's near limitless electricity from minimal input, with mostly safe failure modes and no nasty emissions. Decent superconductors might enable, less lossy power transmission across distance, Maglev at scale, or perhaps initially, lower power consuming, small devices - every little helps. I do agree with you though - that lot ain't any good right now. Don't allow yet more licenses in the North Sea etc ...
  - Aeolun 3y ago
    > mostly safe failure modes I believe they call this thing “harnessing the power of the sun”. I’m mildly sceptical about the safety of it’s failure modes. Not to say I don’t still want it, but…
    - cthalupa 3y ago
      Fusion is not easy to sustain. The massive pressure in the center of the sun is instrumental in it working there - something we lack.
- micromacrofoot 3y ago
  yes but with all this power we’ll be able to render much more accurate models of our demise

we already know how to stop climate change: actually stop burning shit and deploy existing technologies quickly. the problem is lack of will, not lack of technology. corollary: anyone trying to say we need fancy new technologies like fusion/superconductores/supercapacitors isn't actually very interested in stopping climate change.

mandmandam 3y ago
> the problem is lack of will Lack of will which fossil fuel shitbirds spend billions enfestering, with tobacco company style tactics. They knew exactly what the fuck they were doing for the last fifty+ years. We probably agree on that, I'd just like to focus the blame where it properly belongs. Plenty of people care a lot about climate change, just as we care about plastic pollution and inequality, and I'm pretty fucking tired of being gaslit about it all.
postalrat 3y ago
There are much more effective ways to geo-engineer earths climate. Their problem is the politics that surround all the options. Sooner or later we won't have other options.
gerdesj 3y ago
Nuclear fusion would be quite handy. That's near limitless electricity from minimal input, with mostly safe failure modes and no nasty emissions. Decent superconductors might enable, less lossy power transmission across distance, Maglev at scale, or perhaps initially, lower power consuming, small devices - every little helps. I do agree with you though - that lot ain't any good right now. Don't allow yet more licenses in the North Sea etc ...
- Aeolun 3y ago
  > mostly safe failure modes I believe they call this thing “harnessing the power of the sun”. I’m mildly sceptical about the safety of it’s failure modes. Not to say I don’t still want it, but…
  - cthalupa 3y ago
    Fusion is not easy to sustain. The massive pressure in the center of the sun is instrumental in it working there - something we lack.
micromacrofoot 3y ago
yes but with all this power we’ll be able to render much more accurate models of our demise