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China's 'artificial sun' shatters nuclear fusion record by generating steady loop of plasma for 1,000 seconds (www.livescience.com)

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[-] zurohki@aussie.zone 0 points 2 hours ago

Yeah, but there's no prizes for producing way more power than we use. We're not running out of space to put solar panels or batteries.

[-] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 hours ago

'Too much power' has never been an issue, and will likely not be an issue ever with solar. There are multitudes of technologies, especially in industry, that are currently impractical because they would consume too much energy.

[-] Farvana@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 2 hours ago

In three decades, having a power source that can be placed away from the elements is going to be a very good thing.

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