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China's 'artificial sun' shatters nuclear fusion record by generating steady loop of plasma for 1,000 seconds (www.livescience.com)
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[–] zurohki@aussie.zone 2 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

Yeah, but there's no prizes for producing way more power than we use. We're not running out of space to put solar panels or batteries.

[–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 12 points 10 hours ago

'Too much power' has never been an issue, and will likely not be an issue ever with solar. There are multitudes of technologies, especially in industry, that are currently impractical because they would consume too much energy.

[–] Farvana@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 10 hours ago

In three decades, having a power source that can be placed away from the elements is going to be a very good thing.