Console_Modder@sh.itjust.works to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 11 months agoNuclear power? That's just steam power with extra steps!sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square51fedilinkarrow-up1462arrow-down113
arrow-up1449arrow-down1imageNuclear power? That's just steam power with extra steps!sh.itjust.worksConsole_Modder@sh.itjust.works to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square51fedilink
minus-squareTony! Toni! Toné! ☑️@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32·11 months agoWait till you find out how nuclear fusion makes electricity
minus-squareSkybreakerEngineer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·11 months agoYou mean, how it will in 20 years?
minus-squareTb0n3@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·11 months agoIt’s like Musk time. In 20 years it’ll only be 20 years away.
minus-squareGaMEChld@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·11 months agoHelion’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.
minus-squarepeopleproblems@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·11 months agoThat seems inefficient
minus-squareGaMEChld@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agoHere’s a video I saw a few months back you might find interesting: https://youtu.be/_bDXXWQxK38?si=7XooWphajO6OlRB5
minus-squareNocturnalMorning@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·11 months agoWe can do it now, just haven’t found a way to scale it and make it economical yet.
minus-squareTony! Toni! Toné! ☑️@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·11 months agoITER is doing a great job on that front
minus-squareZaphod@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agoThere’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
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.