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minus-squareLeon@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·4 days agoSure we do. Do we want the big tech corporations to hold the reins of that though?
minus-squareValmond@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·3 days agoIf cheap(er/better) energy is invented then that’s good, why would tech corpos be able to “hold the reins” of it exclusively?
minus-squareLeon@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoWell, patents and what have you are a thing. I’m mostly thinking that I wouldn’t want e.g. Facebook to run any nuclear reactors or energy grids. That’s something I prefer the government does.
minus-squareValmond@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 days agoNuclear reactors already exist, that’s not new tech.
minus-squareLeon@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·16 hours agoI’m not saying it is. I’m saying that predatory companies shouldn’t run critical infrastructure.
minus-squareValmond@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 hours agoWe were talking about inventing, not running though.
Sure we do. Do we want the big tech corporations to hold the reins of that though?
If cheap(er/better) energy is invented then that’s good, why would tech corpos be able to “hold the reins” of it exclusively?
Well, patents and what have you are a thing. I’m mostly thinking that I wouldn’t want e.g. Facebook to run any nuclear reactors or energy grids. That’s something I prefer the government does.
Nuclear reactors already exist, that’s not new tech.
I’m not saying it is. I’m saying that predatory companies shouldn’t run critical infrastructure.
We were talking about inventing, not running though.