• AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works
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    8 hours ago

    Fusion would provide orders of magnitude more power than solar. There’s a limit on how much we can practically get from solar, fusion would allow us to exceed that.

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      There’s a limit on how much we can practically get from solar,

      Most residential buildings can self sustain from solar. Dense cities not, but there is dual use grazing and agriculture land, and small desert areas that could power the world. Solar is enough for type 1 civilization. Nuclear plant energy density is overstated due to their + uranium mine exclusion zones, which could produce more solar power than the uranium content available in those mines.

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      8 hours ago

      Yeah, but there’s no prizes for producing way more power than we use. We’re not running out of space to put solar panels or batteries.

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        ‘Too much power’ has never been an issue, and will likely not be an issue ever with solar. There are multitudes of technologies, especially in industry, that are currently impractical because they would consume too much energy.