As much as I enjoy reading this news. It is feels heavily sensationalized.
"Smashes" the energy record.
We're talking about a fusion generator here, that after 25 years of work, now manages to output 'double' the energy, to 59 MJ in 5s -like 20 MW- while requiring 180 MJ input power.
Somewhere hidden in the article is the news that this could mean a input/output ratio of 10 in a full scale reactor, but that's also something we've been waiting on for decades.
I find it easy to be enthusiastic about fusion, but the news and research surrounding it makes me sad.
"Smashes" the energy record.
We're talking about a fusion generator here, that after 25 years of work, now manages to output 'double' the energy, to 59 MJ in 5s -like 20 MW- while requiring 180 MJ input power.
Somewhere hidden in the article is the news that this could mean a input/output ratio of 10 in a full scale reactor, but that's also something we've been waiting on for decades.
I find it easy to be enthusiastic about fusion, but the news and research surrounding it makes me sad.