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The time has finally come for geothermal energy

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160 points riordan | 1 comments | 17 Nov 25 13:55 UTC | HN request time: 0.218s | source
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yawaramin ◴[17 Nov 25 15:48 UTC] No.45954633[source]▶
It's nuclear fission. It's always been nuclear fission (well, at least since the '50s) and it will continue to be until we commercialize fusion reactors. Everything else is nice to have but it's like NIH syndrome.
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1. amanaplanacanal ◴[18 Nov 25 12:21 UTC] No.45964607[source]▶
That could possibly be true, if fission is cheaper than solar, wind, and batteries.

The renewables are so cheap and quick to provision it's hard to see how fission can compete.