Console_Modder@sh.itjust.works to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 year agoNuclear power? That's just steam power with extra steps!sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square56fedilinkarrow-up1460arrow-down113
arrow-up1447arrow-down1imageNuclear power? That's just steam power with extra steps!sh.itjust.worksConsole_Modder@sh.itjust.works to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square56fedilink
minus-squareTony! Toni! Toné! ☑️linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33·1 year agoWait till you find out how nuclear fusion makes electricity
minus-squareSkybreakerEngineer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·1 year agoYou mean, how it will in 20 years?
minus-squareGaMEChld@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·1 year agoHelion’s approach is actually different. They are attempting to capture energy directly through induction. I hope it pans out for them, seems like a really interesting approach.
minus-squareGaMEChld@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoHere’s a video I saw a few months back you might find interesting: https://youtu.be/_bDXXWQxK38?si=7XooWphajO6OlRB5
minus-squareNocturnalMorning@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 year agoWe can do it now, just haven’t found a way to scale it and make it economical yet.
minus-squareTony! Toni! Toné! ☑️linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoITER is doing a great job on that front
minus-squareZaphod@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoThere’s actually two (at least that I know of) ways for fusion to generate electricity, this is a newer one https://youtu.be/uRaQLZaaHWo?si=DTwV26inm1pyrYn8
Wait till you find out how nuclear fusion makes electricity
You mean, how it will in 20 years?
Perpetually so
Helion’s approach is actually different. They are attempting to capture energy directly through induction. I hope it pans out for them, seems like a really interesting approach.
That seems inefficient
Here’s a video I saw a few months back you might find interesting:
https://youtu.be/_bDXXWQxK38?si=7XooWphajO6OlRB5
We can do it now, just haven’t found a way to scale it and make it economical yet.
ITER is doing a great job on that front
There’s actually two (at least that I know of) ways for fusion to generate electricity, this is a newer one https://youtu.be/uRaQLZaaHWo?si=DTwV26inm1pyrYn8
Don’t leave us ice cold.