Quote (Skinned @ 19 Oct 2014 12:32)
I bet some tsunami or comet will come and kill them anyway
On a long enough timeline the survivability of the human race drops to zero.
Yes we need to develop new technology, but that won't happen overnight, and solar and wind frankly isn't that good. Hydroelectric is as bad if not worse than drilling. Oil is something we can't cut back on right now. We can work on replacing coal with nuclear though, plus the vast majority of our nuclear power plants are 50-60 years old. But even that will take longer than 30-40 years.
Quote (bogie160 @ 19 Oct 2014 13:24)
The military industrial complex is a good compromise between the public and private sectors. It's difficult to see how this money could be better spent only in the hands of researchers, they wouldn't have the funds or the motivation to make their research practically applicable. Private sector competition with public sector funds and oversight. This is exactly what Democrats have traditionally wanted, I don't know why they dislike the MIC so much.
Quote (Caedus @ 19 Oct 2014 13:29)
Because wind, solar, and hydroelectric don't have the potential fusion has. Fusion will trigger another massive advancement in technology, standard of living, space travel, and more. Fusion is the future, the other three are stop gaps.
fusion in it's own cheerleaders words will be 30-40 years out
if it turns out to be a feaseable energy source, make the jokes you want but if we continue to use fossil fuels for three more decades it won't fucking matter if fusion has worked because earth will be quickly becoming inhabitable. Solar and wind are good if you pull your heads out of the sand and look at some of the European countries which have begun to switch to them.