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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    7 months ago

    Fusion is constant, wouldn’t require large amounts of batteries to store energy. There are advantages to each.

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      7 months ago

      thus the term “energy mix”… nobody arguing in good faith says PV is all we need

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      7 months ago

      It’s not though, not withstanding stars. We’ve managed 17 minutes so far. We’re so far away from turning this into a useable power source that it’s absurd.