Posted on 11/11/2022 9:17:16 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Wouldn’t a fusion reactor by necessity get as hot as the sun? It seems controlling the heat would be a non-trivial problem.
This should be published on the Babylon Bee web site.
A working fusion generation is decades away. Current fusion experimental reactors are nowhere close to achieving a reliable, long-term fusion reaction that generates net positive electrical energy.
Current fusion reactors use temperatures much higher than the Sun’s temp.
Fusion on the Sun is possible because of an enormous pressure inside the Sun. There is no equivalent on Earth. Ever-higher plasma temperatures require more and more powerful magnets to keep the plasma levitating inside the reactor.
A large amount of input energy is needed to run the process, we are not close to have an energy positive sustainable fusion reactor.
China is building 1100 new coalfired plants; Delhi India is so poluted you cannot see more than 100 yards in the early morning, Beijing is worse. Seems some people like Kerry wants to destroy the USA economically for a one world gov’t by ridiculous ideas that the USA cannot control.
One minor problem - it doesn’t exist.
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