Comment on Clean energy could be 'closer than ever' after a nuclear fusion machine smashed a record

• itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Sure, I’m on board with that. But unfortunately all to often hype around fusion is a red herring by the fossil fuel industry :c

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  • 7heo@lemmy.ml ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It’s safer for their finances to have the public entertain a pipe dream, rather than a reality check.

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  • RubberElectrons@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Sorry, that’s false. Is it potentially being co-opted as a distraction by those industries? Yes, in fact probably because of how scummy fossil fuel industries are.

    That doesn’t mean anyone is under the illusion that this is a replacement for renewables now. Grow up.

    This is still, long term, research ave development which needs to be done.

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    • 7heo@lemmy.ml ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I think the point itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone was trying to make is that we see news of countries abandoning renewables everywhere, recently, and that the fossil fuel industry is probably partly at play there. And then, they use such red herrings to stop the public from worrying. I can totally see this happening, to be honest.

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      • RubberElectrons@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Why not state it the way you did? Succinctly, I’d have said “we need the renewables effort to continue along with this great research”. Bam, done.

        Not "we need renewables now, not fusion in 30 ".

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