Scientists in California make a significant step in what could one day be an important solution to the global climate crisis, driven primarily by burning fossil fuels.
I wonder what sort of problems having near-unlimited energy at our disposal would bring. Like, light and noise pollution are already bad enough. But would people be even more careless with that? And if we manage to automate most things and energy isn’t an issue, how would we live and occupy ourselves? How would that change industries and the world? How would that change things like war and power struggles in general? What about science and electronics?
All energy created by fusion will eventually end up as heat in the atmosphere. That puts a limit on how much of the stuff we can produce. On the other hand, we can produce practically limitless energy safely with existing technology, namely renewables.
I wonder what sort of problems having near-unlimited energy at our disposal would bring. Like, light and noise pollution are already bad enough. But would people be even more careless with that? And if we manage to automate most things and energy isn’t an issue, how would we live and occupy ourselves? How would that change industries and the world? How would that change things like war and power struggles in general? What about science and electronics?
It’s a bit concerning but also fascinating
All energy created by fusion will eventually end up as heat in the atmosphere. That puts a limit on how much of the stuff we can produce. On the other hand, we can produce practically limitless energy safely with existing technology, namely renewables.