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Fusion breakthrough?
Libertas:
he federal Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California, which uses a process called inertial confinement fusion that involves bombarding a tiny pellet of hydrogen plasma with the world’s biggest laser, had achieved net energy gain in a fusion experiment in the past two weeks, the people said.
Although many scientists believe fusion power stations are still decades away, the technology’s potential is hard to ignore.
Fusion reactions emit no carbon, produce no long-lived radioactive waste and a small cup of the hydrogen fuel could theoretically power a house for hundreds of years.
The fusion reaction at the US government facility produced about 2.5 megajoules of energy, which was about 120 per cent of the 2.1 megajoules of energy in the lasers, the people with knowledge of the results said, adding that the data was still being analyzed.
https://www.zerohedge.com/energy/net-energy-gain-us-scientists-makes-breakthrough-nuclear-fusion
OK, settle down...
Let's see how long a gap there is between a 20% net and a 100% net...let alone the next progression to a more efficient ratio of output (like the sun)! And if it can be done without causing a disaster...
Libertas:
Too bad there cannot be great leaps forward to make fusion a liberating reality before the Hellish nightmare of climate cultist dystopia can inflict its genocidal madness...
https://www.zerohedge.com/energy/nuclear-fusion-incinerates-climate-crazies
::unknowncomic::
richb:
Fusion has been like electric cars for the last 40 years, the good ones are just around the corner. Only we don't get to the corner......
Libertas:
--- Quote from: richb on December 31, 2022, 12:31:07 AM ---Fusion has been like electric cars for the last 40 years, the good ones are just around the corner. Only we don't get to the corner......
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Libertas:
As indicated from the start of this thread...there is a lot of ground to cover to get beyond mere barely more than net output to true nuclear fusion efficiency a la the sun.
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/mitsubishi-among-more-dozen-companies-investing-736-million-japanese-fusion-energy-startup
But IMO it is the most promising of the alternative energy solutions out there by far. Just not sure I'll see it effectively operational in my lifetime...
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