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Re:ITER: World's largest nuclear fusion project begins assembly by xupybd on Tuesday July 28, 2020 @08:28PM (#23982199)
Can't be ignored means we have not found a non destructive means of energy production yet. Waste from current renewables will build up. We still need to be on the look out for better technologies for the future. That is not to say they are not a huge leap forward but it does have to be considered.
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Re:ITER: World's largest nuclear fusion project begins assembly by epistasis on Tuesday July 28, 2020 @10:53PM (#23983103)
I don't understand this. What problem do you foresee happening?

You may as well say that we can't build any more houses, or make more clothes, because of the waste. If the rate becomes a problem, in some way, we will recycle the necessary parts. But unlike, say, coal ash, the waste is easy to handle, and easy to repurpose if we find the need to.

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