SwimModSponges Posted December 14, 2022 Share Posted December 14, 2022 We unlocked free unlimited energy. https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/us/live-news/nuclear-fusion-reaction-us-announcement-12-13-22/index.html 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jman Posted December 14, 2022 Share Posted December 14, 2022 (edited) 20 minutes ago, SwimModSponges said: We unlocked free unlimited energy. https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/us/live-news/nuclear-fusion-reaction-us-announcement-12-13-22/index.html We have theoretically produced the means to unlock unlimited energy (that is, creating more energy than it causes to make the reaction). We still need to refine the concept by repeating the experiment, downsizing the facility that creates the reaction, and harness it, all of which could take decades. Still, this is very exciting. Unlimited energy, clean energy mind you without pollutants or waste materials, is now no longer a pipe dream. It’s feasible. Edited December 14, 2022 by Jman 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwimModSponges Posted December 14, 2022 Author Share Posted December 14, 2022 Found snake clits too. Betting they're related. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/13/science/snakes-clitoris-hemiclitores.html 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_annoying_one Posted December 14, 2022 Share Posted December 14, 2022 I foresee a future nation of real X-Men. That’s just my twisted mind at work, though >_>. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Top Gun Posted December 14, 2022 Share Posted December 14, 2022 Viable nuclear fusion has been "40 years away" for at least the past 40 years and counting. I don't see how this announcement changes the arithmetic all that much. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jman Posted December 14, 2022 Share Posted December 14, 2022 1 hour ago, Top Gun said: Viable nuclear fusion has been "40 years away" for at least the past 40 years and counting. I don't see how this announcement changes the arithmetic all that much. The fact that they successfully performed a fusion reaction that has up until now been theoretical is still a massive leap forward. The people responsible for this are probably all due Nobel prizes. Actually performing the fusion successfully cannot be undersold. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwimModSponges Posted December 15, 2022 Author Share Posted December 15, 2022 2 hours ago, Top Gun said: Viable nuclear fusion has been "40 years away" for at least the past 40 years and counting. I don't see how this announcement changes the arithmetic all that much. Nuclear fusion has been "40 years away" until yesterday. Now its yesterday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chapinator_X Posted December 15, 2022 Share Posted December 15, 2022 This is how they’re recreating the explosions for the new Oppenheimer movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sieg67 Posted December 15, 2022 Share Posted December 15, 2022 Simps. I achieved this by plugging a power strip into itself. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seight Posted December 15, 2022 Share Posted December 15, 2022 10 hours ago, SwimModSponges said: Found snake clits too. Betting they're related. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/13/science/snakes-clitoris-hemiclitores.html Everyone: There's no possible way to make this story funnier Defector.com: Happy Snake Clitoris Day To All Who Celebrate 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Top Gun Posted December 15, 2022 Share Posted December 15, 2022 On 12/14/2022 at 6:26 PM, Jman said: The fact that they successfully performed a fusion reaction that has up until now been theoretical is still a massive leap forward. The people responsible for this are probably all due Nobel prizes. Actually performing the fusion successfully cannot be undersold. Ehh...this specific moment is not what I would qualify as a "massive leap forward," but instead a point along a gradual progression. Don't get me wrong, it's an important step along the way, but there wasn't some massive new technological leap forward that suddenly made this possible. It's more that the existing experimental setup has been refined to the point where it was able to achieve a net energy gain. Something else that's being glossed over in the general media coverage is that the net energy gain only applies to the ratio of output to supplied energy in the reaction itself. From what I've read, it took far more energy to charge the lasers used in the experiment than was actually produced by it, so this isn't exactly something that could generate net power. I don't mean to sound like a spoilsport here, but I think it's important to put announcements like this in perspective, which mass media coverage of science topics is generally horrible at doing. This is an important step, but even in the best-case scenario we are still literally decades away from a practical deployable commercial fusion reactor. 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
molarbear Posted December 15, 2022 Share Posted December 15, 2022 https://newatlas.com/medical/base-editing-gene-therapy-first-patient-success-trial Been some really cool science news in the last few days 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoobdog Posted December 15, 2022 Share Posted December 15, 2022 8 hours ago, Top Gun said: Viable nuclear fusion has been "40 years away" for at least the past 40 years and counting. I don't see how this announcement changes the arithmetic all that much. In all seriousness, this is an important milestone not some kind of acceleration of a timeline. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jman Posted December 15, 2022 Share Posted December 15, 2022 There’s definitely a lot of ground between Point A and Point B, but the fact Point A exists is still a massive achievement. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Top Gun Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 I mean there is some inherent value in saying, "Okay this is a thing that can actually be done," since researchers weren't 100% sure it was theoretically possible. That shifts it to more of an (absurdly complex) engineering problem than a scientific one. Oh, and while I'm being Buzz Killington, the raison d'etre for the National Ignition Facility is to provide data and experimentation for thermonuclear warheads, since it's kind of frowned upon to go blowing those up willy-nilly anymore. Granted, fission reactors had a similar original purpose, so y'know. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilosipherStoned Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 We? This achievment has got to be as costly as the periodic table war itself, and just reminds me of The Man Who Fell To Earth. I really enjoyed the prime video spin off though. Context: This video goes through the history of nuclear fusion study, and scientists racing each other to create the newest most stable element. It IS long as fuck but does a bang up good job explaining nuclear physics for dummies.. and it's history, and what it means at a geopolitical scale. This prime video series remake of the 1963 novel, and 1976 movie was dope. If you want a quick plot summary for how it's relevant to the topic check google, but I'll drop a trailer or something at least. lol nvm ya boy showtime with the full series premiere free on youtube. 🤨 Long story short you KNOW we aint getting shit for freee either way... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyberbully Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 👀 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilosipherStoned Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 Just now, cyberbully said: 👀 I know Bud don't even.. Somehow I watched that full episode again just posting it, and I must say, it was still a pretty banger of a premeire.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyberbully Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, PhilosipherStoned said: I know Bud don't even.. Somehow I watched that full episode again just posting it, and I must say, it was still a pretty banger of a premeire.. .....I am actually watching jman and TopGun lecture each other....I didn't watch the vids you posted....They are feature length fims. *SweetBrownGif* Edited December 16, 2022 by cyberbully Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsar4 Posted December 18, 2022 Share Posted December 18, 2022 When I was taking Electronics in college, they had 2 different (university?) groups claim that they found the secret to "cold fusion". Then they went silent. Turned out they were wrong. Hope they're right this time. One of the Profs said that a bucket of water could power a city the size of Chicago for 2 years, or something along those lines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Kinkica Posted December 23, 2022 Share Posted December 23, 2022 just watch pbs on saturdays and you can learn assloads and let me ask my frog where it comes from Kermit pal: it comes from your contributions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jman Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 Well, they repeated the experiment successfully. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/06/us-scientists-achieve-net-energy-gain-second-time-fusion-reaction?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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