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Re:Wendelstein 7-X stellarator getting ready for the next ph... by bicubic on Friday April 28, 2017 @01:18PM (#14221260)
He's talking about the sun. We already have a giant fusion reactor that we're not using.
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Re:Wendelstein 7-X stellarator getting ready for the next ph... by dandelany on Friday April 28, 2017 @01:26PM (#14221336)
"Not using"?! Literally all of the energy we consume on earth, except the radioactive material used in our nuclear plants, is a byproduct of said fusion reactor :)
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Re:Wendelstein 7-X stellarator getting ready for the next ph... by castis on Friday April 28, 2017 @02:21PM (#14221789)
And it's reactors all the way down, mate! That radioactive material was created by an ancestor of our current fusion reactor.
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Re:Wendelstein 7-X stellarator getting ready for the next ph... by ygra on Friday April 28, 2017 @03:12PM (#14222211)
Geothermal isn't :)
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