Submitted by Possible-Judgment-39 t3_108aglz in science
CatalyticDragon t1_j3vckhh wrote
Reply to comment by kyoko9 in After 50 years, fusion power hits a major milestone by Possible-Judgment-39
The reaction lasted for 5 microseconds.
And the power required to get it was 300-400 megajoules of grid power to create a 2.05-megajoule laser shot which yielded 3.15 megajoules of energy output.
Getting 0.9% the energy returned for a small fraction of a second is a breakthrough, of sorts, but fusion power remains many decades away from being a reality and even then it'll only be a reality in niche (military, space) applications.
It's complex, expensive, and produces massive amounts of waste heat, so it's just not really compelling when it goes up against dirt cheap renewables.
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