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World’s biggest nuclear fusion reactor comes online (www.independent.co.uk)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The scientists used lasers to fuse two light atoms into a single one, releasing 3.15MJ (megajoules) of energy from 2.05MJ of input – roughly enough to boil a kettle.

Why do we even study this? Renewables are the only way. This is a waste of money which is a finite resource.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Fusion is constant, wouldn’t require large amounts of batteries to store energy. There are advantages to each.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago

thus the term “energy mix”… nobody arguing in good faith says PV is all we need

[–] [email protected] -5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It’s not though, not withstanding stars. We’ve managed 17 minutes so far. We’re so far away from turning this into a useable power source that it’s absurd.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

So? The trick is to keep developing the technology, not give up because it doesn't immediately deliver unlimited energy.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 11 months ago

We've been working on fusion in one form or another for nearly 100 years. We're still nowhere near turning it into a useable energy source. I don't really care if research continues or not, I'm sure the research can be useful in other areas but fusion is not going to save us.