Re:Nuclear fusion: it's time for a reality check
by ashoeafoot on Wednesday January 29, 2025 @09:25AM
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Solar and wind are susceptible to hyperhurricanes though which make them useless near coasts.
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Re:Nuclear fusion: it's time for a reality check
by kragen on Wednesday January 29, 2025 @09:28AM
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For those who are wondering:
Hypercane
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A hypercane is a hypothetical class of extreme tropical cyclone that could form if sea surface temperatures reached approximately 50 °C (122 °F), which is 12 °C (22 °F) warmer than the warmest ocean temperature ever recorded.[1] Such an increase could be caused by a large asteroid or comet impact, a large supervolcanic eruption, a large submarine flood basalt, or "incredible" global warming.[2] There is some speculation that a series of hypercanes resulting from the impact of a large asteroid or comet contributed to the demise of the non-avian dinosaurs.[3] The hypothesis was created by Kerry Emanuel of MIT, who also coined the term.[4][5][3]
Re:Nuclear fusion: it's time for a reality check
by bryanlarsen on Wednesday January 29, 2025 @10:07AM
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And so is everything else. Solar and wind are generally much more geographically distributed so are less vulnerable.