The fusion future that may never arrive
Fusion is periodically touted as the next big thing in energy. Even if it proves commercially feasible someday, that day is far off.
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Fusion: It’s messier and harder than you think
Fusion energy has long been touted as a panacea for our energy woes. Even if we are someday able to produce more energy than we consume in creating fusion reactions, fusion will turn out to be far messier and harder to implement than most people realize.
Another extraordinary delusion: Mining helium from the Moon
The obsession with mining the Moon strikes me as the kind of fantasy that enters into civilizations when they are faced with huge, seemingly insurmountable problems—climate change and resource depletion come to mind—and they want magical solutions that allow them to forego having actually to face those problems.
