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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] 4 points 11 months ago (2 children)

That's a much taller order than you make it sound. It'd probably be easier to figure out fusion.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

That's not how it works. Then you might have figured out basically unlimited clean energy. But it will still not be provided to everyone who needs it but only to the selct group that pays the most to have that advantage over the rest.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 11 months ago

The things most worth doing are rarely the easiest.

If you actually want to accomplish something sometimes you have to tackle difficult problems.