Science Fusion experiment breaks record, blasts out 10 quadrillion watts of power

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    Scientists used an unconventional method of creating nuclear fusion to yield a record-breaking burst of energy of more than 10 quadrillion watts, by firing intense beams of light from the world's largest lasers at a tiny pellet of hydrogen.


    Researchers at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Northern California said they had focused 192 giant lasers at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) onto a pea-size pellet, resulting in the release of 1.3 megajoules of energy in 100 trillionths of a second — roughly 10% of the energy of the sunlight that hits Earth every moment, and about 70% of the energy that the pellet had absorbed from the lasers. The scientists hope one day to reach the break-even or "ignition" point of the pellet, where it gives off 100% or more energy than it absorbs.

    The energy yield is significantly larger than the scientists expected and much greater than the previous record of 170 kilojoules they set in February.

    The researchers hope the result will expand their ability to research nuclear fusion weapons, the NIF's core mission, and that it could lead to new ways to harness energy from nuclear fusion — the process that powers the sun and other stars. Some scientists hope that nuclear fusion could one day be a relatively safe and sustainable method for generating energy on Earth.


    "This result is a historic step forward for inertial confinement fusion research, opening a fundamentally new regime for exploration and the advancement of our critical national security missions," Kim Budil, the director of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, said in a statement.

    https://www.livescience.com/fusion-experiment-record-breaking-energy.html
     
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    YES!
     
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    Screw that nonsense. When do we start building the Dyson sphere?
     
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    When you learn about the technological ratings of different civilizations you quickly realize that it would take a Type 2 at least to reach earth, a society so advanced that they wouldn't just show up here and either be seen or crash into earth.
     
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    Sun still does it better.
     
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    Finally Pat Methany can buy an amplifier for all his fusion guitar needs!
     
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    Should start today. Also need to get a legit base on the moon over the next decade or so, and be well on our way with the colonization of Mars.

    Would like to see us get started on terraforming Venus as well, as it'll take quite a bit longer.
     
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    How about we just start with some arms?

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    Considering temperature on Venus is hot enough to melt lead, about 900F, with crushing carbon dioxide atmosphere, perpetual cloud cover and nonstop rain of sulfuric acid that evaporates before hitting ground, no water, no oxygen, good luck. Carl Sagan described Venus as not the goddess of beauty but a vision of hell.
     
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    Yeah, we'd have to block the sunlight first for a couple hundred years then remove the atmosphere after it rains to the surface and eventually freezes. The earlier we get that process started the better. We don't have all the technology yet, but by the time venus cools we should be close...

     
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    We have the technology for global warming, so it's better to start in the other direction. I believe we can melt Saturn's rings in 50 years if we put our minds to it, or 30 if we send republicans.
     
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    Most likely deuterium-tritium fuel.
     
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    Speaking of which, we could also use this method to help regulate temperatures here on earth if things get too far out of hand.

    Though, we should really try to cease poisoning our planet in the first place.
     
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    When we can learn how to make materials that don't melt being that close to the Sun.
     
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