On fusion...

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Simpo Two

Original Poster:

88,955 posts

280 months

Monday 1st April 2024
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I didn't know they'd actually done it...

69 megajoules for 5.2 secs, 150,000,000 degrees C:

https://www.facebook.com/reel/707698174890003

ChocolateFrog

31,740 posts

188 months

Monday 1st April 2024
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No net energy output though IIRC.


hairykrishna

13,969 posts

218 months

Friday 5th April 2024
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Doing fusion is easy - I built a functional fusion reactor when I was an undergraduate. Building a fusion reactor which significantly exceeds breakeven energy for an extended period of time is very difficult.

hidetheelephants

30,161 posts

208 months

Friday 5th April 2024
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hairykrishna said:
Doing fusion is easy - I built a functional fusion reactor when I was an undergraduate. Building a fusion reactor which significantly exceeds breakeven energy for an extended period of time is very difficult.
It's only 20 years away! wobble