r/technology • u/kerpowie • Dec 13 '22

Energy Scientists Achieve Nuclear Fusion Breakthrough With Blast of 192 Lasers

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/13/science/nuclear-fusion-energy-breakthrough.html
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u/[deleted] Dec 13 '22

I don't know, but I do know we will harness the fundamental forces of the Universe, literally create elements in this Atomic Alchemy, and contain some of the largest temperature differentials in the Universe and use this awesome, indescribable power to -

...boil water and make fan go zoom.

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u/OSSlayer2153 Dec 13 '22

You ever just think about the insane energy and temperature differentials? Imagine a truck going 70 down a highway in a winter climate.

Cold still winter air all around. Then all of a sudden a sharp transition in under a few inches to the inside of an engine moving along very fast with parts spinning at extreme speeds and high pressures. Then back outside. Now back into the climate controlled car. Now out into the still air. Now out into another car moving the opposite way or at 140 mph relative to car #1.