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Nuclear power? That's just steam power with extra steps!
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Wait till you find out how nuclear fusion makes electricity
You mean, how it will in 20 years?
Perpetually so
It's like Musk time. In 20 years it'll only be 20 years away.
Helion's approach is actually different. They are attempting to capture energy directly through induction. I hope it pans out for them, seems like a really interesting approach.
That seems inefficient
Here's a video I saw a few months back you might find interesting:
https://youtu.be/_bDXXWQxK38?si=7XooWphajO6OlRB5
We can do it now, just haven't found a way to scale it and make it economical yet.
ITER is doing a great job on that front
There's actually two (at least that I know of) ways for fusion to generate electricity, this is a newer one https://youtu.be/uRaQLZaaHWo?si=DTwV26inm1pyrYn8
Don't leave us ice cold.