Clean energy could be ‘closer than ever’ after a nuclear fusion machine smashed a record::JET’s final nuclear fusion experiment produced a record-breaking 69 megajoules of heat. Nice.

      • itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        5 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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          5 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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          5 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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            5 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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              5 months ago

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

              Not “we need renewables now, not fusion in 30yrs” with the accompanying clown sounds.