31 sats \ 3 replies \ @_redacted 20 Aug 2023 \ on: What sci-fi tech do you wish was real? Will it become real soon? tech
Stable, scalable fusion power systems. Humanity grows when able to access new sources of energy. Safe, “limitless” power could help lift billions of people out of poverty. It’s always a decade away though, so maybe near future!
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @birdeye21 OP 20 Aug 2023
Long nuclear
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @DeltaClimbs 20 Aug 2023
OP said sci-fi, not fantasy, and fusion has expensive fuel. Anyway, if you want cheap, abundant energy, you will be thrilled to learn there is an incredible thing called nuclear fission whose growth has only been hampered by evil governments. Moreover, if you are concerned with billions of impoverished people, there's this thing called Bitcoin you're gonna love.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @_redacted 20 Aug 2023
I’ve heard of bitcoin before.
Unfortunately the incorrect belief that fission is unsafe holds it back for the general public. Maybe that will change. Unfinished (so maybe science fiction?) later gen fission reactors can be wonderful, the tide might change where that could be viable.
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