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Re:The emergence of heat and humidity too severe for human t... by mrfusion on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @11:06AM (#28142914)
Interesting. It’s possible the government could run it well but I would worry without a profit motive they might not adjust to supply and demand quickly and might not pursue new technologies like fusion.
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Re:The emergence of heat and humidity too severe for human t... by advanced-DnD on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @11:44AM (#28143442)
fission and fusion did not begin with private interest at heart. Not everything should be profit motivated, especially with public goods.[0]

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_good_(economics)

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Re:The emergence of heat and humidity too severe for human t... by FormhellFrom on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @01:07PM (#28144713)
energy research is typically publicly funded, no? With a profit motive, why would you even do anything besides the easiest and cheapest option of burning fossil fuels?

Fusion research, especially, is so pie-in-the-sky right now that I doubt any profit-motivated company would even touch it with a 10 foot pole.

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