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Re:Quaise Energy – Unlocking the true power of clean geother... by mcculley on Saturday April 09, 2022 @08:14PM (#30973354)
The claims about geothermal and fusion are that they will make energy ridiculously cheap. Won't we use much more if it is cheap?
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Re:Quaise Energy – Unlocking the true power of clean geother... by throwawayboise on Saturday April 09, 2022 @08:48PM (#30973502)
Maybe, but what it will do first is replace our usage of other more expensive forms of energy (fossil fuels, presumably)
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Re:Quaise Energy – Unlocking the true power of clean geother... by ncmncm on Saturday April 09, 2022 @09:34PM (#30973728)
Fusion will never be cheap, or used.

Geothermal will not be as cheap as solar, so if we use a lot more power, it will mostly be solar. (Geothermal would be used mainly for baseline, at night.)

Solar intercepts energy already arriving, to use before it is then re-radiated to space. It arrives regardless.

So, no problem. What we have now is a catastrophically big unfolding climate crisis. Even if there were a problem, any small problem is a wonderful substitute for a catastrophically big problem.

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Re:Quaise Energy – Unlocking the true power of clean geother... by galaxyLogic on Sunday April 10, 2022 @02:26AM (#30974871)
Seems that solar panels can work at night too:

https://www.saurenergy.com/solar-energy-news/arriving-soon-s...

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Re:Quaise Energy – Unlocking the true power of clean geother... by stubish on Sunday April 10, 2022 @08:17AM (#30976370)
Energy will only ever be as cheap as the government allows, because it gets to tax it.
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Re:Quaise Energy – Unlocking the true power of clean geother... by mcculley on Sunday April 10, 2022 @11:31AM (#30977948)
This assumes a more powerful or wise government than I have encountered.
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