I’m not convinced it would be a good thing if we did. Natural systems find homeostasis that keep the system balanced. Human intelligence have systematically removed these natural barriers (tool use, agriculture, division of labour, metalurgy, medicine, industrial revolution, fossil fuels, green revolution, chemistry, computers etc…) as such, we blew past all semblance of sustainability. Each time we lifted a barrier that was a limiting factor, our population and environmental footprint grew exponentially.
Now we are in a state of severe ecological overshoot. We have crossed 7 of 9 planetary boundaries. and our crisis is that we are converting our planet into something that can’t sustain us.
If we figure out cold fusion, there is a better than not chance we will just lift one more barrier that will allow us to further destroy all the rest.
I’m not against fusion energy if possible, I’m just not convinced it won’t be another nail in our coffin. I don’t see humanity’s maturity growing to accomodate our current technology to alter our likely fate, and near limitless energy solves humanity’s problems like carfentanyl solved the heroin addicts problems.
2 thoughts.
Might be never.
I’m not convinced it would be a good thing if we did. Natural systems find homeostasis that keep the system balanced. Human intelligence have systematically removed these natural barriers (tool use, agriculture, division of labour, metalurgy, medicine, industrial revolution, fossil fuels, green revolution, chemistry, computers etc…) as such, we blew past all semblance of sustainability. Each time we lifted a barrier that was a limiting factor, our population and environmental footprint grew exponentially.
Now we are in a state of severe ecological overshoot. We have crossed 7 of 9 planetary boundaries. and our crisis is that we are converting our planet into something that can’t sustain us.
If we figure out cold fusion, there is a better than not chance we will just lift one more barrier that will allow us to further destroy all the rest.
I’m not against fusion energy if possible, I’m just not convinced it won’t be another nail in our coffin. I don’t see humanity’s maturity growing to accomodate our current technology to alter our likely fate, and near limitless energy solves humanity’s problems like carfentanyl solved the heroin addicts problems.