US scientists achieve ‘holy grail’ nuclear fusion reaction: report
www.independent.co.uk
Nuclear fusion could be key tool to stave off climate crisis

Researchers were able to produce 2.5 megajoules of energy, 120 per cent of the 2.1 megajoules used to power the experiment.

Now we must wait to see if this is an aberration and can be done at scale. I'm ready for the world to change :party-parrot-science:

Government workers got the goods, fuck you capitalism, great 'innovation' you have :fidel-salute:

  • kristina [she/her]
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    2 years ago

    Super magical science where if you shoot the right atoms in the right way with a giant laser, you get more energy out of it than you put in. Which means if you put in a fuckton of energy in you can get x amount more out, which is fantastic.

    Fun thing with this science is the amount of fuel required is very small. A cup of the right sort of water could power a home for hundreds of years.

    You essentially create a very tiny sun that is much hotter than any sun.

    • Dolores [love/loves]
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      2 years ago

      You essentially create a very tiny sun that is much hotter than any sun

      is this used to boil water to spin a rotor still?

      • kristina [she/her]
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        2 years ago

        Yeah it generates heat which goes through a vent to turn a whatever, but thats actually the excess energy produced through heat. A lot of it is absorbed and immediately put back into the grid because the plasma carries an electric current itself and you can just store it back in.

        • Dolores [love/loves]
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          2 years ago

          :sicko-speeeeen: lmao its always gonna be making something spin innit

          plasma directly imparting current that is some suitably sci-fi shit tho hell yeah