Systems thinking and Nuclear Fusion

The sun, along with all other stars, is powered by a reaction called nuclear fusion (Image: NASA/SDO/AIA)

The world has collectively breathed a sigh of relief at the announcement that scientists are closer than ever to reproducing a controlled nuclear fusion, the ‘energy of the stars’. I argue in this article that looking at sustainability ‘as a system’, the promise of limitless and clean energy might accelerate, rather than slow down (or even invert) our trajectory towards a non-sustainable society if we don’t address its root…