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by ncmncm 1525 days ago
Fusion will never be cheap, or used.

Geothermal will not be as cheap as solar, so if we use a lot more power, it will mostly be solar. (Geothermal would be used mainly for baseline, at night.)

Solar intercepts energy already arriving, to use before it is then re-radiated to space. It arrives regardless.

So, no problem. What we have now is a catastrophically big unfolding climate crisis. Even if there were a problem, any small problem is a wonderful substitute for a catastrophically big problem.

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Seems that solar panels can work at night too:

https://www.saurenergy.com/solar-energy-news/arriving-soon-s...