Console_Modder@sh.itjust.works to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 10 months agoNuclear power? That's just steam power with extra steps!sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square60fedilinkarrow-up1432arrow-down112
arrow-up1420arrow-down1imageNuclear power? That's just steam power with extra steps!sh.itjust.worksConsole_Modder@sh.itjust.works to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square60fedilink
minus-squareTony! Toni! Toné! ☑️@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·10 months agoWait till you find out how nuclear fusion makes electricity
minus-squareGaMEChld@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·10 months 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-squarepeopleproblems@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·10 months agoThat seems inefficient
minus-squareGaMEChld@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months agoHere’s a video I saw a few months back you might find interesting: https://youtu.be/_bDXXWQxK38?si=7XooWphajO6OlRB5
minus-squareNocturnalMorning@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·10 months agoWe can do it now, just haven’t found a way to scale it and make it economical yet.
minus-squareTony! Toni! Toné! ☑️@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·10 months agoITER is doing a great job on that front
minus-squareZaphod@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months 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
minus-squareBarqsHasBite@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoDon’t leave us ice cold.
Wait till you find out how nuclear fusion makes electricity
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.