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World’s biggest nuclear fusion reactor comes online (www.independent.co.uk)

submitted 11 months ago by lntl@lemmy.ml to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

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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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[–] Yazer@lemmy.ca 99 points 11 months ago (16 children)

So 1. This is newable. Green, almost waste free, and unlimited.

If we can refine fusion, we will stop global warming and energy insecurity, virtually overnight.

It's not a waste to invest in clean tech R&D. At one point, people said the same thing about solar, and look where we are now

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