Fusion energy.
Edit: yeah it exists, alright. Just not quite ready yet,look at how close we are: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/01/260101160855.htm
Also, the comment says “name an energy source”, and not “one that can be implemented on a large scale” and “today”.
We were talking about existing energy sources. Some magical fusion energy being invented or made practical in the next thirty years doesn’t fit that bill. And let’s be honest: Even if some magical breakthrough would make fusion practicable today, it still would be too late to help us in the global warming crisis.It takes time to build big fusion reactors. It takes even more time to build a lot of reactors. It took France nearly twenty years to build a new nuclear reactor and other countries aren’t that faster. To build a huge fleet of fusion reactors (an unproven technology) will not help us reach our carbon goals in the next years. If we don’t reach them in the next years, we’re toast. We can, however, build proven renewable technology and then we don’t need fusion.
Fusion energy. Edit: yeah it exists, alright. Just not quite ready yet,look at how close we are: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/01/260101160855.htm Also, the comment says “name an energy source”, and not “one that can be implemented on a large scale” and “today”.
yeah the tiny drawback here is that it doesnt exist yet.
This would be my response
We were talking about existing energy sources. Some magical fusion energy being invented or made practical in the next thirty years doesn’t fit that bill. And let’s be honest: Even if some magical breakthrough would make fusion practicable today, it still would be too late to help us in the global warming crisis.It takes time to build big fusion reactors. It takes even more time to build a lot of reactors. It took France nearly twenty years to build a new nuclear reactor and other countries aren’t that faster. To build a huge fleet of fusion reactors (an unproven technology) will not help us reach our carbon goals in the next years. If we don’t reach them in the next years, we’re toast. We can, however, build proven renewable technology and then we don’t need fusion.
Yea, we already have fusion power and are already using it: The sun.