National Ignition Facility achieves fusion ignition
www.llnl.gov
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and DOE’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) today announced the achievement of fusion ignition at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) — a major scientific breakthrough decades in the making that will pave the way for advancements in national defense and the future of clean power. On Dec.

More than 50% more energy was generated than was used for the reaction. 2.05 Megajoules in, 3.15 Megajoules out. Let’s see how fast the US fossil fuel oligarchs start creating anti-fusion propaganda like they did with fission.

  • @GloriousDoubleK
    4•1 year ago

    That is extremely optomistic. China needs to get to it quick cause if anyone has the will to do it and do it yesterday, it’s China.

    • @ComradeSalad
      4•1 year ago

      It’s not to overly optimistic I think, I could very easily see this transition being on the same level of historical importance as the one of coal/steam to fossil fuels in the early 20th century. But I absolutely see China and the US throwing their full weight behind their fusion projects. China would be able to free itself from the last vestiges of their coal dependent society, and the US would be able to improve its extremely precarious situation as a world superpower.

      Fusion will be the key to the 21st century and beyond.