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| Author: | IkeSouth [ Wed Dec 20, 2023 8:20 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Nuclear Fusion power is proven, but it's gonna be awhile |
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/scien ... r-AA1lNq8n They are making more energy than they put in, but it says it will be a long time before we see feasible designs. I wish they would quantify that in the article, because I believe with this design it would take 10 firings per second to have an economically relevant output. To have one firing, they have to make a perfect sphere of stainless steel with hydrogen gas inside. For every 10 they make, only one is uniform enough to create the necessary explosion that triggers fusion. They would have to make qty 9,000 of these spheres to run this machine for one day. And they would also have to figure out how to get the lasers to fire 10 times a second non stop, which would require a completely different power source setup. Basically you would need a power plant and a crazy large set of capacitors. So yea. It'll be awhile, or they will figure out some way that doesn't require a perfect sphere of hydrogen. That said, if you can find a way to make those things for a buck or less each you would be the richest man on the planet. |
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