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UK and US fusion strike partnership to accelerate clean energy
The UK and US are set to sign two new agreements at the Global Fusion Summit in London on Monday 14 September, helping to bring fusion power closer to reality and deliver over 10,000 UK jobs in the sector by 2030.
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The UK and US are set to sign two new agreements at the Global Fusion Summit in London on Monday 14 September, helping to bring fusion power closer to reality and deliver over 10,000 UK jobs in the sector by 2030.
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Hypothetical question of country A and B
I wanna ask a hypothetical question.
There are two countries, A and B, and they currently have similar technology, economic power, and military power.
50 years later, Country A has been heavily developing AGI/ASI and quantum computers, and it also uses ASI together with quantum computing.
Country B never develops AI or quantum computers. Instead, it focuses more on conventional military technology, free healthcare, and traditional cybersecurity methods.
So after 50 years, could Country A hack most or all of Country B's systems because of the huge technology gap?
For example, could it compromise Country B's banking system and military technology?
What about nuclear weapons or nuclear command systems? Would things like air-gapped systems and traditional cybersecurity still protect Country B even against ASI and advanced quantum computers?
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I wanna ask a hypothetical question.
There are two countries, A and B, and they currently have similar technology, economic power, and military power.
50 years later, Country A has been heavily developing AGI/ASI and quantum computers, and it also uses ASI together with quantum computing.
Country B never develops AI or quantum computers. Instead, it focuses more on conventional military technology, free healthcare, and traditional cybersecurity methods.
So after 50 years, could Country A hack most or all of Country B's systems because of the huge technology gap?
For example, could it compromise Country B's banking system and military technology?
What about nuclear weapons or nuclear command systems? Would things like air-gapped systems and traditional cybersecurity still protect Country B even against ASI and advanced quantum computers?
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Climate solutions most likely to reach ‘positive tipping points’ revealed by scientists. Global shift towards clean electricity could trigger ‘cascade’ of progress, helping reduce air pollution, cut waste and revive oceans.
The good news is that these, and similar, forces will be going into reverse for fossil fuels, and simultaneously cascading their decline.
The report identifies 5 key areas renewables have self-perpetuating feedback loops.
* Clean electricity as the master cascade. Solar and wind have crossed positive tipping points in many markets; further scaling is now self-propelling.
* Commodity supply chain transformation.
* High-quality marine protected areas, locally managed marine areas and fisheries co-management. Well-designed and well-enforced ocean conservation produces visible recovery of fish stocks and biodiversity within years
* Clean cooking and clean household energy. Around 2.1 billion people still rely on solid fuels for cooking.
* Adaptation enablers. Things like anticipatory action, adaptation finance and climate-resilient infrastructure. Also, governance, monitoring and social tipping, climate-resilient health systems are explicitly identified as enablers of self-propelling adaptation.
Positive Tipping Points: Accelerating system change to repair our planet was developed by the University of Exeter’s Green Futures Solutions team, in collaboration with The Earthshot Prize https://greenfuturessolutions.com/news/tipping-points-report-earthshot-prize/
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The good news is that these, and similar, forces will be going into reverse for fossil fuels, and simultaneously cascading their decline.
The report identifies 5 key areas renewables have self-perpetuating feedback loops.
* Clean electricity as the master cascade. Solar and wind have crossed positive tipping points in many markets; further scaling is now self-propelling.
* Commodity supply chain transformation.
* High-quality marine protected areas, locally managed marine areas and fisheries co-management. Well-designed and well-enforced ocean conservation produces visible recovery of fish stocks and biodiversity within years
* Clean cooking and clean household energy. Around 2.1 billion people still rely on solid fuels for cooking.
* Adaptation enablers. Things like anticipatory action, adaptation finance and climate-resilient infrastructure. Also, governance, monitoring and social tipping, climate-resilient health systems are explicitly identified as enablers of self-propelling adaptation.
Positive Tipping Points: Accelerating system change to repair our planet was developed by the University of Exeter’s Green Futures Solutions team, in collaboration with The Earthshot Prize https://greenfuturessolutions.com/news/tipping-points-report-earthshot-prize/
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