The world's biggest experimental nuclear fusion reactor in operation was inaugurated in Japan on Friday, a technology in its infancy but billed by some as the answer to humanity's future energy needs.
Except that a lot of extraction occurs for energy production. not extracting coal, gas, uranium etc for power production would definately help in reducing the pillaging of our planet.
There is zero evidence it wouldn’t just lead to even more extraction or destruction of the environment than is already happening. There is also little evidence that the power would actually get into the hands of the power and third world and it wouldn’t just be the US, Europe and the most powerful nations in Asia living off cheap power while keeping it from the rest of the planet.
True, I was merely making the point that if some of the most powerhungry countries in the world would no longer require the extracted resources this might impact the equation.
Additionally if Powergeneration would be reduced to a small number of sites, this would change the power dynamic “a bit” as the countries that host the site would wield a lot of power over their dependents. It would also make the system vulnerable to attack.
Except that a lot of extraction occurs for energy production. not extracting coal, gas, uranium etc for power production would definately help in reducing the pillaging of our planet.
There is zero evidence it wouldn’t just lead to even more extraction or destruction of the environment than is already happening. There is also little evidence that the power would actually get into the hands of the power and third world and it wouldn’t just be the US, Europe and the most powerful nations in Asia living off cheap power while keeping it from the rest of the planet.
The problem isn’t technology here.
Now that we have unlimited power we can finally extract all that gold!
True, I was merely making the point that if some of the most powerhungry countries in the world would no longer require the extracted resources this might impact the equation.
Additionally if Powergeneration would be reduced to a small number of sites, this would change the power dynamic “a bit” as the countries that host the site would wield a lot of power over their dependents. It would also make the system vulnerable to attack.