The hype around the fusion announcement is making me crazy. With massive amounts of infrastructure consuming huge amounts of electricity they shoved 2 megajoule of power into a tiny spot and got 3 megajoules out in a single in a single event over a fraction of a second. You'll notice they aren't using the more familiar "kilowatt hours" here because that energy didn't get converted into electricity which would have cut the power yield considerably (and 0.5 kilowatt hours in and 0.8 kilowatt hours out would have sounded much less impressive since it doesn't use "mega"). We don't need hope for some super technology to save the day decades from now so we can just keep doing what we're doing. We need people to change what they're doing now using what we already know how to do. Taking my chill pill now.
Yep, chill. :) Like I say, we'll be trees. And yes! People's habits need to change but good luck with that in our gullible consumer society. Enjoy a piece of pie with some ice cream!
Fission, yes. And, more good news
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/14/climate/native-plants-lawns-homeowners.html
I love this!
The hype around the fusion announcement is making me crazy. With massive amounts of infrastructure consuming huge amounts of electricity they shoved 2 megajoule of power into a tiny spot and got 3 megajoules out in a single in a single event over a fraction of a second. You'll notice they aren't using the more familiar "kilowatt hours" here because that energy didn't get converted into electricity which would have cut the power yield considerably (and 0.5 kilowatt hours in and 0.8 kilowatt hours out would have sounded much less impressive since it doesn't use "mega"). We don't need hope for some super technology to save the day decades from now so we can just keep doing what we're doing. We need people to change what they're doing now using what we already know how to do. Taking my chill pill now.
Yep, chill. :) Like I say, we'll be trees. And yes! People's habits need to change but good luck with that in our gullible consumer society. Enjoy a piece of pie with some ice cream!
You have been my only new source for a week. I kind of like it that way!