Renewable Energy: Solar, Wind, Nuclear Fusion Or Whatever Alternatives That Work

A trip to space seems like a huge energy expenditure, but I wonder if this material can lead to a new kind of nuclear power 🤔


Yeah, read something about there’s gonna be a race to mine it between the us and them, and something about how certain spots are already reserved to certain countries or corporations, weird cos I thought it was considered off limits. Could be cool if it really is as good as they say and not be radioactive
 
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Potentially massive breakthrough for fusion energy. A net energy was gained for the first time. The data still needs to be confirmed though.


https://www.ft.com/content/4b6f0fab-66ef-4e33-adec-cfc345589dc7


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.
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The federal Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California, which uses a process called inertial confinement fusion that involves bombarding a tiny pellet of hydrogen plasma with the world's biggest laser, had achieved net energy gain in a fusion experiment in the past two weeks, the people said.
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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.
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The US department of energy has said energy secretary Jennifer Granholm and under-secretary for nuclear security Jill Hruby will announce "a major scientific breakthrough" at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory on Tuesday. The department declined to comment further.
 
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