imaqtpie

imaqtpie , 5 days ago

I dunno what that guy was thinking, but it seems obvious to me that nuclear fusion is the long term solution for energy generation.

Nuclear fission not so much, but it's definitely debatable which has more fundamental flaws between fission and wind/hydro/solar. All renewable energy sources ultimately depend on natural processes which are not reliable or permanent.

Nuclear fission has no such limitations, but instead trades long term risk for short term stability. Basically renewable sources are and always will be somewhat unreliable, and Nuclear fission is the least bad reliable energy source to pair with the renewables. So in the medium term, fission makes a lot more sense than fossil fuels, and in the long term we should be looking to fusion.

imaqtpie , 1 month ago

Too soon.

imaqtpie , 2 months ago

Primitive metallurgy was used to create weapons for millennia before it became commonly used for cookware. Technology has always been primarily used as vector for human beings to control and dominate one another, rather than to assist/improve society.

imaqtpie , 2 months ago

Agreed. It just seems more absurd now because of the contrast between our advanced technology and our primitive sociopolitical structures.

imaqtpie , 2 months ago

I see your point, but I would argue that in a world with nuclear weapons, climate change, and all sorts of shit that seems to be an existential risk, plus the media barrage, people today aren't exactly feeling safe or comfortable. Hence the desperate hoarding of resources and brutal competition.

imaqtpie , 4 months ago

That comment somehow manages to be more divisive than the Palestinian conflict. A truly remarkable sequence of specious assertions that is guaranteed to piss off vast swathes of the population. Almost brings a tear to my eye

imaqtpie , 4 months ago

Pretty sure the person you're responding to is referring to Saruman infiltrating the Shire at the end of the series, not Gandalf.

imaqtpie , 3 months ago

I meant what I said. Most people disagree with the comment, but probably for a wide variety of reasons. It's not a singular reaction, it's multiple reactions to multiple insinuations that all happen to be questionable.

imaqtpie , 3 months ago

And you were incorrect.

imaqtpie , 4 months ago

The Intimidator