• sleep_deprived@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I mean yeah, we should absolutely be replacing as much fossil fuel use as we can with existing renewable energy tech. But there’s no reason we shouldn’t also be investing in fusion research, at least as far as I’m aware

    • DroneRights [it/its]@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      Because bad actors like fossil fuel and car companies will say “look, the government is funding fusion. Don’t make us go renewable now, just wait five years until fusion is here.” You have to consider the political impacts pursuing research will have on society’s perceptions. Even if you know your project is just a wild experiment that probably won’t work, journalists won’t.

      • Ð Greıt Þu̇mpkin@lemm.ee
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        1 year ago

        You mean like exactly what they did to Nuclear power when Solar and wind were those experimental and untested at scale technologies?