Comment on Japanese experimental nuclear fusion reactor inaugurated
aphonefriend@lemmy.world 6 months agoSo what? People should stop trying for a better tomorrow because today sucks?
Comment on Japanese experimental nuclear fusion reactor inaugurated
aphonefriend@lemmy.world 6 months agoSo what? People should stop trying for a better tomorrow because today sucks?
axo@feddit.de 6 months ago
No. Renewables are available and super cheap.
faintwhenfree@lemmus.org 6 months ago
They are, and they are good solution but they are not good all and end all solutions, both wind and solar cannot meet baseload and when you start talking about battery storage as solution, scaling it up requires more metal mining than will ever be sustainable, so pursuit of fusion, pursuit of tidal energy, pursuit of better nuclear, pursuit of better geothermal are viable exploration options as we need baseload generation substitute.
AnarchistsForDemocracy@lemmy.world 6 months ago
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You do not need batteries to store potential energy. You can pump water up a hill into a reservoir and then harvest the energy when you need it using hydroelectric energy.
faintwhenfree@lemmus.org 6 months ago
Dams are a whole another story ecologically but even leaving that aside, we are talking 200-300GW capacity currently in the world for PHES, even if you construct damns on every possible lakes, estimates are around 1000GW that world can build. World currently consumes close to 8000GW on baseload. We won’t even cover 15% of baseload with PHES.
If you’re trolling with your storage as magical solution keep trolling.
elbarto777@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Imagine making this kind of comment in a technology community.
AnarchistsForDemocracy@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Imagine not explaining your position instead only using derision.
El Barto if you are who you say you are, you will explain to us WHY the aforementioned is worthy of derision.
elbarto777@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Because a technology community is usually filled with people interested in advancements in technology.
So, say, you’re interested in space telescopes, come to this community to read about the latest advancements and you’re hit with someone saying “pffftt, stick to ground telescopes, people!”