In re: “3) Earth does not have a CO2 problem, but a growing waste heat problem. The real problem to solve is how to cheaply radiate unwanted heat off Earth, and we’ll need to know how to do that before we switch to nuclear alternatives. Solve that and we can manage the climate the same as we do inside buildings. Destructive hurricanes will cease to exist.”
1. (a) What would you say is/are the source/sources of “growing waste heat”. (b) And why is it growing.
2,I do not think humans should be thinking we are now (or will be in 100-200 years) smart enough or capable enough to think we can manage the climate, even just it’s “heat”. In 1,000 years we might be sophisticated enough to, but not now.
3. Why must “managing” our “growing waste heat” be an endeavor that MUST be done BEFORE switching to greater use of nuclear power?
2) Hurricanes are a smaller problem that could be tackled. That mainly involves getting rid of excess heat. If that could be done, that also gets rid of the CO2 warming hysteria.
3) A fusion reactor operates at 100+ million degrees Celsius and requires a large amount of energy consumption onsite for cooling and magnet power. Beyond that, once someone figures out how to produce anti-matter cheap enough, energy consumption and waste heat will power a new age of great wealth. Total waste heat will double about every 10 years. That unnatural heat will have to be radiated off Earth beyond what occurs naturally.