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Re:Nuclear fusion: it's time for a reality check by wqaatwt on Wednesday January 29, 2025 @08:55AM (#42864897)
Had that continued we’d be halfway to solving climate change by now, though.

Of course “environmentalists” and most others back in those days preferred cheaper coal and gas.

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Re:Nuclear fusion: it's time for a reality check by roenxi on Wednesday January 29, 2025 @08:59AM (#42864938)
The irony is how consistently the environmentalists have been campaigning for things that left the environment worse by delaying any possible transition to nuclear power.
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Re:Nuclear fusion: it's time for a reality check by ajross on Wednesday January 29, 2025 @09:08AM (#42865039)
Renewables are already 30% of world energy generation and growing rapidly: a quick google says that 86% (!!!) of new capacity is renewable. This part of the climate puzzle is effectively already solved, and didn't need nuclear.

Transport fuel and combustion-based heavy industry are the hard nuts to crack, and reactors don't help there.

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Re:Nuclear fusion: it's time for a reality check by wqaatwt on Thursday January 30, 2025 @02:32AM (#42875736)
We’re are just late by several decades…
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