The Future of Energy Isn't Fossil Fuels or Renewables, It's Nuclear Fusion

Re:The Future of Energy Isn't Fossil Fuels or Renewables, It... by sidcool on Tuesday May 02, 2017 @12:41PM (#14247955)

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

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Re:The Future of Energy Isn't Fossil Fuels or Renewables, It... by toomuchtodo on Tuesday May 02, 2017 @12:47PM (#14248023)

Renewables are simply fusion capture at a distance ;)

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Re:The Future of Energy Isn't Fossil Fuels or Renewables, It... by marssaxman on Tuesday May 02, 2017 @02:16PM (#14249011)

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...

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Re:The Future of Energy Isn't Fossil Fuels or Renewables, It... by toomuchtodo on Tuesday May 02, 2017 @10:17PM (#14252500)

Love your comment. Reminds me of something I'd read in a Douglas Adams book.

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Re:The Future of Energy Isn't Fossil Fuels or Renewables, It... by mrchucklepants on Tuesday May 02, 2017 @12:48PM (#14248040)

That's actually true of non-renewable energy as well.

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Re:The Future of Energy Isn't Fossil Fuels or Renewables, It... by autokad on Tuesday May 02, 2017 @01:08PM (#14248241)

technically coal power is solar, coal is just the fuel cells / batteries

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Re:The Future of Energy Isn't Fossil Fuels or Renewables, It... by mcguire on Tuesday May 02, 2017 @01:24PM (#14248418)

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,...

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Re:The Future of Energy Isn't Fossil Fuels or Renewables, It... by sidcool on Tuesday May 02, 2017 @02:01PM (#14248844)

Pipe Dream? /s

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