Comment on France runs fusion reactor for record 22 minutes
lurklurk@lemmy.world 2 days agoArguably, the nearby sun scale fusion reactor has been fairly useful for us. Nowadays we can convert its output directly into electricity using solar cells
cynar@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I never said it wasn’t useful, just a very low efficiency reactor. Then again, if it was better, it would burn out faster, which would be bad for life on earth.
Womble@lemmy.world 2 days ago
It produces about the same power per cubic metre as compost does, which is pretty crazy when you think about it.
_stranger_@lemmy.world 2 days ago
What I’m hearing is that we should mine the sun and make better use of all that fuel.
WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Just make sure you do it at night.
cynar@lemmy.world 2 days ago
That’s part of the reason a moon base could be viable. The sun outputs a reasonable amount of helium 3, which is great for fusion reactions. Unfortunately it tends to sit at the top of our atmosphere and get blown away again. On the moon, it gets captured by the dust in collectable quantities.