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World’s biggest nuclear fusion reactor comes online (www.independent.co.uk)
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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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[–] IchNichtenLichten@lemmy.world -4 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.

[–] YungOnions@sh.itjust.works 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.

[–] IchNichtenLichten@lemmy.world -3 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.