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China's 'artificial sun' hits new milestone with research campus delivered for use, targets 2030 for first electricity output (www.globaltimes.cn)
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[+] -12 points 3 days ago (8 children)

In my experience, only a small set of people thoroughly understand limits to growth on a finite planet. Most of them figure it out on their own. And it is a profoundly depressing experience.

Enjoy living in your gaudy pollyanna bubble.

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  • [–] [S] 12 points 3 days ago* (6 children)

    Funny how you just happen to be one of these people, while the entire leadership of China, a nation best known for its long term planning, is just completely ignorant of all this. 🤣

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  • [–] -3 points 2 days ago (5 children)

    Perhaps China's long term planning is not as good as you think it is. And arguments from authority ain't.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 days ago (3 children)

    And arguments from authority ain’t.

    What's the point of this argument?

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  • [–] 1 point 2 days ago (1 child)

    And? The authority that shouldn't be listened to is? China? Why? What alternative do you recommend then?

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  • [–] 3 points 2 days ago

    In most cases, where you can independently verify facts on your own there's no need to resort to an external authority. Particularly, when we're asked to cease thinking and just rely on assumptions that other people might have made is particularly puzzling to me.

    Do I expect that China will succeed generating excess power from D-T fusion eventually? Yes. Do I expect that it will be economical, ever? Hell, no.

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  • [–] 10 points 3 days ago

    Your theory presumes that people will continue to sustain grain on finite resources, to the point of collapse when those resources are gone. Do you have any evidence supporting such a specific outcome, or are you glooming over theoretical possibilities that would require a consensus in ignorance toward sustainability up to the very end?

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