As an organizer I start from where the world is, as it is, not as I would like it to be. — Saul Alinsky
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But what’s his IQ and how does he feel about pineapple on pizza?
Holy shit, there are some seriously fucked up replies in this thread.
https://twitter.com/DudespostingWs/status/1601931968509317121?s=20&t=UrbwEZtEhyn0WEGBB6ax9w
Wat in the actual fuck
My thoughts exactly
I just watched a show that said there are “about 3,500 offshore wells in the gulf of Mexico”. I’m thinking it must be produced by a 22 alum.
Any nerd know how legit this is?
https://twitter.com/oilsheppard/status/1602002974871785472?s=46&t=SP89EUj5IIwZ9CxMjRaGSQ
Reading the comments, it sounds like they have positive energy on the plasma. But the net gain is still very negative when accounting for the energy put into the laser (I think).
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It’s right in the article.
The fusion reaction at the US government facility produced about 2.5 megajoules of energy, which was about 120 per cent of the 2.1 megajoules of energy in the lasers, the people with knowledge of the results said, adding that the data was still being analysed.
Seems to be a lot of commenters throwing cold water. Sounds like it could be “energy in the lasers” and “amount of electricity used to fire up the lasers” are different things.
As well as “energy produced by the reaction” and “amount of electricity that can be produced by the reaction” also being two different things, with the latter being at best 50% of the former.
Tritium fuel is very rare; most of it is already being consumed just by a handful of experimental reactors. The only way to get more tritium is as a trace byproduct of the fission reactors we’re trying to get away from.
I’m the cold fusion guy. For hot fusion you want @microbet. Or you can watch the video @suzzer99 posted.
l like Sabine Hossenfelder a lot. I expect she will address this specific story by tweet or video soon. For me, it’s barely worth even scanning the FT article. Ok, good, another incremental step. Way over-hyped.
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