Fusion, baby!!!

BudmanTX

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BudmanTX

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Nope_49595933949

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The laser system required 300 megajoules.
In scientific and technical terms, the reaction is considered net positive. In real-world terms, it produced far less power than what would be expected of a commercial power plant. To produce the 2.05-megajoule shot, the laser system required 300 megajoules of power, Kim Budil, director of LLNL, said in a press conference today.
It's cool, and it's a start, but we realistically have a long ways to go, I hope to see this in my life time but I wouldn't be surprised if I don't.
 

PadawanWarrior

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it's 2 in and 3 out, then he added 1.5 dunno why.....and that's with 192 beam pointed at both ends...i had to re-listen to it to be sure....and it's half the size of a bb
He meant you got 1 1/2 times the energy out as in. So a 50% gain. Either way it's definitely cool. Too bad I'll probably be dead by the time the first fusion car comes out though, :bigjoint:
 

PadawanWarrior

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The laser system required 300 megajoules.


It's cool, and it's a start, but we realistically have a long ways to go, I hope to see this in my life time but I wouldn't be surprised if I don't.
What? I missed that. So they used 300 megajoules to get 3 megajoules? I hope I'm missing something, :wall:
 

Nope_49595933949

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What? I missed that. So they used 300 megajoules to get 3 megajoules? I hope I'm missing something, :wall:
Nope, the actual shot was 2 ish megajoules, but the lasers required 300 megajoules.

Like I said, it's very cool and a step in the right direction, but you really need to look at all the details before we get too excited. There are ~297 megajoules still "unaccounted" for.
 
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