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DSL:
--- Quote from: Kugai on 30 Apr 2012, 19:22 ---Yes, but what average house needs 1.21 Gigawatts?
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Why, a thpathe houth, of courth!
Akima:
--- Quote from: pwhodges on 30 Apr 2012, 11:42 ---My first father-in-law ran the experimental team on the world's first major fusion device, ZETA*, at Harwell.
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I think Ivy Mike, regrettably, has that honour. The problem with nuclear fusion is not generating power, it is using it for something other than destruction.
Is it cold in here?:
Some kind of compact benign nuclear power would explain why EC-101 didn't need a huge tank for fuel and oxidizer.
cesariojpn:
--- Quote from: Carl-E on 30 Apr 2012, 12:10 ---Well, it's the best use of waste material I can think of. Poop powered fusion!
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biogas
Skewbrow:
Not one to miss a chance to teach a bit of math: The hairy ball theorem explains (or is at least one of the explanations) why all the fusion reactors seek to keep the plasma in a donut shaped region. A ball shaped blob of plasma might feel more natural, but if you attempt to control it with a magnetic field, the plasma would escape through the cowlicks (see the image), touch the walls of the reaction chamber, and ruin the process.
I'm not up to speed with the fusion research. The latest breakthrough that I remember reading about was when they announced that (for a fraction of a second) the reactor was generating more power than what was put in. This may have been a decade ago or something??
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