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Energy from nuclear fusion is available today – you just need solar panels to capture it.

[JumpCrisscross]

> Energy from nuclear fusion is available today – you just need solar panels to capture it

Nitpick: stellar fusion is fundamentally different from thermonuclear fusion.

Proton-proton fusion is mediated by the weak force [1][2]. A lump of the Sun radiates less power than your body. It works because there is a lot of Sun. Thermonuclear fusion is far more energetic because it's mediated by the strong force.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proton–proton_chain

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beta_plus_decay

[fulladder]

Yes, and there's also a stealth way to capture it if your planet has any type of gaseous atmosphere: take advantage of air currents that arise from the repeated heating and cooling of your atmosphere using a wind turbine.

[ogogmad]

Isn't storage still a problem? I suppose there's batteries and pumped-storage hydro.

[fzzzy]

There actually was some graphene news recently.

[sonya-ai]

I saw a graphene food cooker concept at CES