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Re:Nuclear turn green as EU parliament approves new taxonomy by throw827474737 on Thursday July 07, 2022 @05:46PM (#32019911)
Flying is scientifically a well understood and safe thing. Still its the FAA that makes the rules, and engineering that needs to produce robust and reliable systems, and still planes fall out of the sky sometimes..

Scientifically we already proofed that fusion works, which would be the solution for a lot...

So what does "scientifically...much solavable problem" in practice really mean? Worlds apart..

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Re:Nuclear turn green as EU parliament approves new taxonomy by wolverine876 on Thursday July 07, 2022 @06:52PM (#32020677)
> Scientifically we already proofed that fusion works, which would be the solution for a lot...

There is no evidence that fusion is a solution to any energy problems. The central problem of fusion power is that reactions consume more energy than they produce.

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Re:Nuclear turn green as EU parliament approves new taxonomy by pfdietz on Saturday July 09, 2022 @03:25AM (#32032721)
That's currently a problem, but I don't think it's the central problem. The central problem for DT is some combination of inherent complexity and very low volumetric power density.
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