World’s biggest nuclear fusion reactor comes online (www.independent.co.uk)

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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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[-] WetBeardHairs@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

OK - let's ignore the shitshow of responding to OP's hot take.

What kind of research is this particular reactor going to do?

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