Scientists Crack a Major Fusion Puzzle, Bringing Us Closer to Unlimited Energy

Scitech Daily ^ | February 05, 2025 | Zap Energy

[Red Badger]

Only 29 years and 11 months away!.............

[xp38]

[Empire_of_Liberty]

It sounds as if they are saying that, at least you get back more of the energy you put into it.

I am, frankly, still bothered by all of this fusion hoopla. They are using heavy isotopes with extra neutrons to even make the creation of helium possible. Unless you can force the production of neutrons, I don’t believe that you have fusion, no matter what you call it.

[SunkenCiv]

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Sun in a Bottle: The Strange History of Fusion and the Science of Wishful Thinking by Charles Seife

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[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Red Badger.

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[CodeToad]

INVEST NOW!

[The Louiswu]

Is this just about a new way to boil water?

[Ezekiel]

Preparing for the Future

This stuff is literal. We already know from the past that Mr. Fusion *is* a fusion:

The Mr. Fusion was constructed by mounting a Krups Coffina grinder on top of a custom-made base made from the outer shell of a Singer magnetic disc memory core, now obsolete, which was a feature in some computers made in the 1960s.

https://backtothefuture.fandom.com/wiki/Mr._Fusion

I did not realized that there are comparison charts for being served cold versus being iced. Obviously grounds for concern, because it could always be worse.

[Strict9]

and then hillary is going to jail! Rudy has the receipts. Oh, and fusion

[Cincinnatus.45-70]

Yeah, it would sound great if I didn’t remember the same headline from 1992.

[linMcHlp]

bkmk

[Reeses]

Being made of tremendous amounts of energy, the focus should 100% be on pure matter disassembly. The reverse, fusing atoms into bigger atoms, is, and always has been, an inefficient dead end. Yes, nature does it that way, but nature also takes million of years to form 5 minutes worth of petroleum, coal, and natural gas. Man-made hydrogen fusion devices are for rapidly cooking Demonrats, socialists, and communists in their nests, and little else.

[Red Badger]

Nature does it easily with something humans don’t possess: MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF GRAVITY....................

[BipolarBob]

Oh FuZE-Q, oh FuZE-Q
Oh FuZE-Q, baby I love you, FuZE-Q
I like the way you spark
the way you spark
I like the way you spark, FuZE-Q

Well say you'll be true
well say you'll be true
well say you'll be true
well say that you'll be true FuZE-Q

[Skwor]

Yep, just decades away.... again.

[Jyotishi]

Is more money needed?

[Tell It Right]

Unless you can force the production of neutrons, I don’t believe that you have fusion, no matter what you call it.

I agree. And even if it's technically fusion, there's still the impractical matter (pardon the pun) of creating the neutrons to feed it. IMHO, it means we'd have to fight the Weak Nuclear Force (or perhaps it'd be strengthen the WNF to get more bare neutrons out of it) so much that we'd be using up more energy to generate neutrons than we'd save by having fusion.

[The Duke]

"Unless you can force the production of neutrons, I don’t believe that you have fusion, no matter what you call it."

Take two tachyons and call me in the morning.

[antidemoncrat]

Once they get fusion reactors producing electricity then will super capacitors replace batteries and take “refueling” an EV a few minutes instead of hours?