Nuclear fusion reaction releases almost twice the energy put in

throwaway389430@lemmy.cafe to News@lemmy.world – 629 points –
Nuclear fusion reaction releases almost twice the energy put in
newscientist.com
376

You are viewing a single comment

You fall under the former though. Have you actually looked into this at all or do you just feel that fusion is impossible and then bother all of us with that?

Do you think I would say such a thing based on feelings? If so, you are wrong. Fusion isn't impossible, it happens all the time in stars. It's the containment that is the problem and at the present that problem is insurmountable. That problem will remain insurmountable for the near future and I would say unless we find a way to contain gravity (as in a star) we are not going to be able to contain fusion on Earth. I do find it surprising just as almost everyone ignored the Hyperloop's G-force problem and thought it was the next big thing, you guys are doing the same here with fusion.

The g-force problem is unimprovable-- humans themselves have a limit. The containment problem is not.

Ok, Show us you're work.

Perhaps you didn't understand me. I'm saying there's a difference between a problem which cannot be reasonably solved (humans can only sustain X amount of g-force) and a problem which is merely difficult (plasma containment).

There is a difference in degree yes. So?, People still ignore them and that is the point.

The containment problem is not being ignored. It's like the second most worked on part of fusion reactor technology besides power generation.

2 more...
2 more...
2 more...
2 more...
2 more...
2 more...
2 more...