throwaway389430@lemmy.cafe to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoNuclear fusion reaction releases almost twice the energy put inwww.newscientist.comexternal-linkmessage-square379fedilinkarrow-up1657arrow-down127
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minus-squareCeeBee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down1·8 months agoThe technology exists. There’s huge funding going into it recently. Europe’s ITER project is working towards it also, but in a different way. The only major issue faced right now is how to increase the efficiency.
minus-squarePhilo@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down30·8 months agoYes, and that is the problem that isn’t going to be surmounted anytime soon if at all.
minus-squareCeeBee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down1·8 months agoIt is being surmounted now. Slowly but surely, it’s happening. And progress is accelerating also.
minus-squareCeeBee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 months agohttps://www.google.com/search?q=fusion+news
minus-squarePhilo@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down4·8 months agoDo you want me to cite all of nuclear science?
minus-squareFireTower@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 months agoNo, just the rate of improvement in efficiency of fusion reactors.
The technology exists. There’s huge funding going into it recently. Europe’s ITER project is working towards it also, but in a different way.
The only major issue faced right now is how to increase the efficiency.
Yes, and that is the problem that isn’t going to be surmounted anytime soon if at all.
It is being surmounted now. Slowly but surely, it’s happening. And progress is accelerating also.
Citation please.
https://www.google.com/search?q=fusion+news
Citation?
Do you want me to cite all of nuclear science?
No, just the rate of improvement in efficiency of fusion reactors.