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48 seconds. I predict a glut of helium. balloons for everyone

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[-] gregorum@lemm.ee 163 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Is… is that good?

Edit: it is!

[-] Dudewitbow@lemmy.zip 31 points 11 months ago

when talking about fusion, just think the conditions of stars/the sun. In order to function correctly, it has to be ridiculously hot.

The race for fusion is how to maintain it, and eventually have a net positive transaction of energy out, to energy in ratio.

[-] JackFrostNCola@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Sorry im not any sort of scientist here but i thought energy could not be created or destroyed so to get a net-positive energy out we would need to keep feeding in fuel, is this correct?
And if so, how?

[-] ji17br@lemmy.ml 1 points 11 months ago

I’m not an expert but I believe the fuel is hydrogen. Hydrogen atoms fuse together to produce helium + energy

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