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by the end of the year? posted in 2010? so...i guess it didn't work out then, eh?
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Wouldn't the gold melt?
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@HJP007 The narrator was just confirming that it creates more energy than used by the Lasers to initiate fusion, otherwise it would not be worth doing.
The energy comes from the fusion of the Hydrogen isotopes (not the lasers themselves)
The laser are needed to get the fuel capsule to the correct temperature.
Remember e=mc2 - energy is mass times the speed of light, in other worths there is a hell of a lot of energy in matter.
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@HJP007 A fission nuclear reaction produces more energy than what's needed to start the reaction.
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@tomateiro Vlw!!!! =)
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@omgitsfreakenrobert It's been looked up...I've had 1 year to do so according to my comment....we'll see what happens..simple as that.
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@HJP007 The strong nuclear forces required to hold helium together are less than that of several hydrogen. Fusing elements up to iron will reduce the proton weight. Essentially you're putting a whole lot of energy into one place to access the energy that holds particles together. You're not actually getting energy back from the lasers at all. You're getting a completely new source of energy, which is more than what you put in.
Don't believe me? Look up
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Ignition then the oil companies can shut it down.
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@shogun996 From what I know, the Tokamak method has been tried for the last 50 or so years, but the laser method is a new approach and could be a lot more practical. Europe has now joined the American group that built the facility in this video because of a recent breakthrough.
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they hope they can demonstrate the principles of it within a few months, and then it's "just" up the scale.
"Create more energy than the laser delivered"? Something doesn't sound right but hopefully it can fuel some spaceships so I can get the fuck off this planet ;)
HJP007 1 year ago 47
Wall street 2 anybody?
HorseCalledBen 1 year ago 8