Re:Lawrence Livermore claims a milestone in laser fusion
by pfdietz on Tuesday August 17, 2021 @07:07PM
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Solar and wind can be deployed very quickly, and can be deployed today. Fusion will be available somewhere between "decades from now" and "never".
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Re:Lawrence Livermore claims a milestone in laser fusion
by stevenhuang on Tuesday August 17, 2021 @07:55PM
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A tired response, and a false choice at that.
Deploying solar and wind does not preclude continued research and development into alternative energy production methods.
Re:Lawrence Livermore claims a milestone in laser fusion
by pfdietz on Tuesday August 17, 2021 @08:04PM
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It's a direct rebuttal to the false statement "Also for the same reason deployment would be faster allowing a faster phase out of fossil fuels."
Fossil fuels had better be phased out soon, and fusion cannot be available in that time.
IMO, the prospects of fusion reaching a practical state are so remote that even the current level of funding on it is difficult to justify. There are fundamental engineering constraints that render it inferior to fission -- and fission is now going extinct itself, being too expensive.