throwaway389430@lemmy.cafe to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoNuclear fusion reaction releases almost twice the energy put inwww.newscientist.comexternal-linkmessage-square347fedilinkarrow-up1664arrow-down126cross-posted to: futurology@futurology.todayworldnews@lemmit.onlinephysics@mander.xyzupliftingnews@lemmit.online
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minus-squarelogos@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up15·9 months agoYou can think of the material being fused as fuel. More energy is produced by burning the fuel than in the spark it took to ignite it.
You can think of the material being fused as fuel. More energy is produced by burning the fuel than in the spark it took to ignite it.