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Re:Fusion energy breakthrough by Livermore Lab by galangalalgol on Monday December 12, 2022 @11:15AM (#33956343)
So they are ignoring the laser efficiency as well as the thermal to electric efficiency? If you did the same for a tokamak, stellerator or Bussard, would you get a similar ratio?
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Re:Fusion energy breakthrough by Livermore Lab by VaxWithSex on Monday December 12, 2022 @11:21AM (#33956461)
Jup. Fusion research is necessary and funding should be provided. But it is not close to commercial or generative viability.

So there is at the moment no working design for a generator as a plant that produces more electricity than it takes in.

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Re:Fusion energy breakthrough by Livermore Lab by whimsicalism on Monday December 12, 2022 @06:08PM (#33961797)
Yup? Absolutely not, nothing close to this has been achieved with other reactors.
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