Fusion power: "Only 10 years away for the last 50 years"
This is a nothingburger
The US can barely manage fission reactors anyways
This is a nothingburger
The US can barely manage fission reactors anyways
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The very last paragraph of the BBC article says that the nuclear fusion reactor never actually exceeded the full power requirements of the laser used to initially heat up the reactor. Just some of it.
Seems like a misleading headline on purpose to boost investment in short term.
They also neglect that this is thermal energy, not electrical energy
@FUCKINGWHOCARESDUDE @republius the point here is the proof of the scientific theory that you can have net positive fusion reactions, so you are going to measure that by energy used for fusing and containment.
@FUCKINGWHOCARESDUDE @republius technologyreview.com/2022/12/13/1064898/what-fusions-breakthrough-means-for-clean-energy/ this is not a bad writeup of what it means.
Also lol that they still mention that people are hung up on tokamaks
Also lol that they still mention that people are hung up on tokamaks
@sickburnbro @FUCKINGWHOCARESDUDE @republius Now they just have to make the electricity cheap enough to sell, and not transmute the reactor requiring constant shutdown and replacement.
Good fucking luck lol.
Good fucking luck lol.
@Forgetful_Gynn @FUCKINGWHOCARESDUDE @republius once you smack the theoretical scientists away, much is possible.
