Scientist on fusion breakthrough

mapuc · 08-20-21, 11:33 AM

We are getting close to eternal energy supply.

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“This is a giant step toward the holy grail of energy research,” said Kaku, professor of theoretical physics at the City College and City University of New York. “To hit break-even, to extract more energy than you put in, and this could eventually become a game-changer.”

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/19/mich...research-.html

Markus

Skybird · 08-20-21, 01:17 PM

We had climate warming. Now we are on the brink of planet for BBQ.

Onkel Neal · 08-22-21, 08:06 AM

Yeah, I sure hope they didn't make any mistakes with their calculations. Imagine if some guy pushes the start button and the whole planet erupts into a mini-sun.

4 billion years from now Martian scientist will marvel over the luck they had in being just the right distance from two suns.

Skybird · 08-22-21, 08:25 AM

Maybe what you describe is what happened to Mars and Martians long time ago...?

Maybe they shot some escape capsules into space, and they landed on another planet to form a new beginning, and it happened to have been the Earth...?

Its said the first Lego brick was not small and colourful, but huge and pitchblack.

We are all Lego Martian stormtrooper figures on some alien child's table.

mapuc · 08-22-21, 09:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Onkel Neal

Yeah, I sure hope they didn't make any mistakes with their calculations. Imagine if some guy pushes the start button and the whole planet erupts into a mini-sun.

4 billion years from now Martian scientist will marvel over the luck they had in being just the right distance from two suns.

I thought that this temp. was created inside a special reactor and if this reactor break/explode the heat will quickly go down.

Markus

Skybird · 08-22-21, 09:30 AM

Creating an artificial singularity, a black hole, may show to be a bit more than just switching off the light.

Anyway, Neal and me are just kidding.

Buddahaid · 08-22-21, 09:53 AM

I read the books. There's a big rivalry between the US and European research institutes, sabotage, murder, infidelity, bribery, money laundering, evil Chinese, etc. Oh, and the BLM start a protest movement about radiation pollution while all the while Trump is pulling the strings to make the research fail so he can cash in on oil investments he secretly made with Putin.

Jeff-Groves · 08-22-21, 11:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Onkel Neal

Yeah, I sure hope they didn't make any mistakes with their calculations. Imagine if some guy pushes the start button and the whole planet erupts into a mini-sun.

You know there was a very real fear that the 1st Atomic Bomb would do just that!
But they pushed the button anyway!

Catfish · 08-22-21, 12:18 PM

If i had a black hole in my house, first thing would be to cancel the garbage disposal service.

Jeff-Groves · 08-22-21, 12:20 PM

I have a black hole that sucks money out of my bank account.
I call her Nancy.

vienna · 08-25-21, 05:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Jeff-Groves

You know there was a very real fear that the 1st Atomic Bomb would do just that!
But they pushed the button anyway!

Back in the 80s, I read an article about the development of the A-Bomb and it had quotes from some of the scientists involved in the project; not only was there a fear of an out of control chain reaction, there were actual calculations pointing to that being a very real outcome; some of the scientists set up a betting pool just prior to the first test to see who could correctly predict the yield and effect of the first blast...

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