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yves759 t1_j04mipr wrote

Reply to comment by Englishgrinn in National Ignition Facility (NIF) announces net positive energy fusion experiment by Robo-Connery

Whether an energy is "clean" or not, whatever that means, the use of it is by definition not clean, energy is our power to act on/transform the environment : the vast amount of energy that fossile fuel today provides, is what allows to build roads, houses, fish the whole oceans, cut forests like crazy, etc

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rmzalbar t1_j05ou6e wrote

But with enough "free" energy you can reduce or do away with many of those things. Farming could be replaced with high-density hydroponics instead of slash-and-burn, oil burning transportation could be replaced with electric, etc. Getting humans as a global community to stop doing.. well, everything.. and sit on their hands in the darkness and starve, is not realistic because they simply won't do that. But if you can offer them something that is cleaner and better they'll take it.

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yves759 t1_j060v0m wrote

Well, regarding "and sit on their hands in the darkness and starve, is not realistic because they simply won't do that." , it might not be a matter of "choice" at all ...

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rmzalbar t1_j062hea wrote

Oh, of course. Nevertheless, they'll continue to destroy stuff in order to put the next meal on the table or iphone in their hands, regardless of how badly you might want them to think long term.

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