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Read this korrent: Nuclear fusion could ultimately provide significant clean power, but not soon enough to rescue us from the climate crisis.
Nuclear fusion could ultimately provide significant clean power, but not soon enough to rescue us from the climate crisis.
Last stated 3 years ago
15 Sept 2023
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Philip Ball — holds since 2023-09-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Assuming the nuclear fusion problem will be solved is reckless, even though estimating fusion's potential power output is still worthwhile. — tap to centre the map on it
Assuming the nuclear fusion problem will be solved is reckless, even though estimating fusion's potential power output is still worthwhile.
Last stated 18 years ago
3 Nov 2008
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David MacKay — holds since 2008-11-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Nuclear power is the wrong technology for cutting carbon: efficiency and renewables can do the job without it. — tap to centre the map on it
Nuclear power is the wrong technology for cutting carbon: efficiency and renewables can do the job without it.
Last stated 16 years ago
21 Mar 2011
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George Monbiot — holds since 2006-07-11 — tap for who they are
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George Monbiot — no longer holds since 2011-03-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Fusion and solar are the two energy sources worth betting on, and solar's limiting problem is batteries and transmission. — tap to centre the map on it
Fusion and solar are the two energy sources worth betting on, and solar's limiting problem is batteries and transmission.
Last stated a year ago
23 Jul 2025
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Demis Hassabis — holds since 2025-07-23 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Nuclear energy is necessary to address climate change, protect the environment, and lift people out of poverty. — tap to centre the map on it
Nuclear energy is necessary to address climate change, protect the environment, and lift people out of poverty.
Last stated 5 years ago
29 Oct 2021
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Michael Shellenberger — holds since 2021-10-29 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Building only clean energy without reducing fossil energy will not effectively combat climate change. — tap to centre the map on it
Building only clean energy without reducing fossil energy will not effectively combat climate change.
Last stated 3 weeks ago
13 Oct 2026
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Bill McKibben — holds since 2026-10-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Carbon capture technology is worth continuing to research, even though it is not yet a solution to climate change. — tap to centre the map on it
Carbon capture technology is worth continuing to research, even though it is not yet a solution to climate change.
Last stated 2 months ago
7 Sept 2026
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Bill McKibben — holds since 2026-09-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The existence of nuclear power reduces the need for renewables. — tap to centre the map on it
The existence of nuclear power reduces the need for renewables.
Last stated 5 years ago
4 Jun 2021
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Michael Shellenberger — holds since 2021-06-04 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Renewables are too dilute and intermittent to power industrial society on their own. — tap to centre the map on it
Renewables are too dilute and intermittent to power industrial society on their own.
Last stated 5 years ago
18 May 2021
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Michael Shellenberger — holds since 2021-05-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A data centre powered by solar and batteries alone needs an array so oversized that the design is not worth building. — tap to centre the map on it
A data centre powered by solar and batteries alone needs an array so oversized that the design is not worth building.
Last stated 3 years ago
18 Apr 2024
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Austin Vernon — holds since 2024-04-18 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A solar panel is a manufactured object that produces wealth rather than consuming it, at a hundred times the rate of the best farmland. — tap to centre the map on it
A solar panel is a manufactured object that produces wealth rather than consuming it, at a hundred times the rate of the best farmland.
Last stated 2 years ago
9 Nov 2024
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Casey Handmer — holds since 2024-11-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A spacecraft built to service satellites is also a weapon, because the same robotic arm that refuels one can disable one. — tap to centre the map on it
A spacecraft built to service satellites is also a weapon, because the same robotic arm that refuels one can disable one.
Last stated 3 years ago
25 Mar 2024
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Brian G. Chow — holds since 2024-03-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: About a fifth of the US grid could be freed for data centres just by covering the yearly peak with batteries or peaker plants. — tap to centre the map on it
About a fifth of the US grid could be freed for data centres just by covering the yearly peak with batteries or peaker plants.
Last stated 8 months ago
13 Mar 2026
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Dylan Patel — holds since 2026-03-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Apple's risk is being reduced to hardware: people keep buying the best phone while everything they do on it comes from someone else's model. — tap to centre the map on it
Apple's risk is being reduced to hardware: people keep buying the best phone while everything they do on it comes from someone else's model.
Last stated a year ago
2 Sept 2025
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Benedict Evans — holds since 2025-09-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Batteries are a necessary complement to solar power because of its output variability. — tap to centre the map on it
Batteries are a necessary complement to solar power because of its output variability.
Last stated 6 months ago
3 May 2026
JP
Joseph Politano — holds since 2026-05-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A company with a huge existing user base can keep funding AI data centers as long as its AI app's download numbers look healthy and it tops the charts, whatever its retention. — tap to centre the map on it
A company with a huge existing user base can keep funding AI data centers as long as its AI app's download numbers look healthy and it tops the charts, whatever its retention.
Last stated 2 weeks ago
21 Oct 2026
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Ryan Broderick — holds since 2026-10-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A data centre earns its county far more tax revenue per gallon of water than a golf course does. — tap to centre the map on it
A data centre earns its county far more tax revenue per gallon of water than a golf course does.
Last stated a year ago
11 Oct 2025
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Andy Masley — holds since 2025-10-11 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A local SSD might as well be treated as one more layer of the memory cache hierarchy. — tap to centre the map on it
A local SSD might as well be treated as one more layer of the memory cache hierarchy.
Last stated 2 years ago
26 Sept 2024
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Kenton Varda — holds since 2024-09-26 — tap for who they are
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