lurklurk comments on France runs fusion reactor for record 22 minutes

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[–] lurklurk@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Arguably, the nearby sun scale fusion reactor has been fairly useful for us. Nowadays we can convert its output directly into electricity using solar cells

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[–] cynar@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (4 children)

I never said it wasn't useful, just a very low efficiency reactor. Then again, if it was better, it would burn out faster, which would be bad for life on earth.

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[–] Womble@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

It produces about the same power per cubic metre as compost does, which is pretty crazy when you think about it.

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[–] _stranger_@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

What I'm hearing is that we should mine the sun and make better use of all that fuel.

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[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Just make sure you do it at night.

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[–] cynar@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago

That's part of the reason a moon base could be viable. The sun outputs a reasonable amount of helium 3, which is great for fusion reactions. Unfortunately it tends to sit at the top of our atmosphere and get blown away again. On the moon, it gets captured by the dust in collectable quantities.

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