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by Terr_ 826 days ago
1. Additional waste heat produced will be zilch compared to what Earth is constantly blasted with by the Sun or which is leftover from its formation. Heat per se has never been the problem.

2. It will continue to radiate into the inky void of space the same as all heat has done naturally for billions of years, with no measurable effect on the equilibrium-temperature...

3. ... Unless we fuck it up by putting a blanket of CO2 over the Earth to trap too much heat, which is exactly the disorder cheap fusion would also solve.