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.
All renewable energy comes from the sun, which is a giant fusion reactor. Seems like it might be a good idea to study and understand the concept.
Yeah, fusion is about the longest lasting power source in the entire universe. It quite literally is what the entire universe runs on. Without fusion, there would have been no stars. The universe would be dead.
it’s so expensive though
It’s not like we are about to run out of it.
Money is essentially time and that is finite but money allows to composite time by combining the time of many into one single task.
Scientific endeavour is of the few meritous causes where money should never be an issue.
The benefits of nuclear fusion could eventually power the world for everyone for free with no greenhouse gasses. Of course RnD is expensive, but that doesn’t mean it’s not worth it
Is it though? 560Mil is like 5 F35 jets
We gave away for more than that on covid scams. That we will never recover. Collect the correct amount of tax from a few companies/individuals and we could build 10 of these.
In order to get the energy output of a fusion reactor with renewables you would have to have millions and millions of solar panels you don’t think that’s expensive?
It also will take up a ridiculous amount of space.
Cost-per-Killowat for a Fusion reactor is ~$6,000, Cost-per-Killowat for solar photovoltaic is ~$1,000
If it’s not geothermal or nuclear, that energy probably came from the sun one way or another.