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I know the cognitive dissonance is a bit heavy for some people on this topic but we already have fusion. Safire plasma can run for days uninterrupted on less than 300 watts of continuous input. https://rumble.com/vbtfff-safire-project-update-2017-and-201...
This is crackpottery, right? All the links on that page point to other theories “debunking” general relativity and some “Electric Universe” fanfic.
It would be kind of cool if by accident scientists can create some wormhole. We can dump all our trash through it into Saturn or something.
Totally, or something like infinite probability drive from Hitchhiker's that would just send our trash to random other universes and timelines. Which makes me wonder, are other universes and timelines sending us stuff? Is that where platypus' come from? P.S. I'm not trying to say platypus' are trash, just that the don't fit in with our indigenous fauna and maybe another timeline thought they were and sent them to us.
I know the cognitive dissonance is a bit heavy for some people on this topic but we already have fusion. Safire plasma can run for days uninterrupted on less than 300 watts of continuous input. https://rumble.com/vbtfff-safire-project-update-2017-and-201...
This is crackpottery, right? All the links on that page point to other theories “debunking” general relativity and some “Electric Universe” fanfic.
The "other links" have fuck all to do with the plasma chamber. This method for sustained plasma had already been around for about two years, with earlier experiments going back to year 2010.
The raw video of the lit plasma is raw video, not CGI.
Teams at LLNL were involved.
My understanding is that the NIF was primarily to explore weapons research in the guise of fusion research. We could use some nuclear miracles to help out with decarbonizing and it seems like we'd be better served investing in something that could possibly become viable (especially with the recent superconductor news).
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Ah nice, then they'd be easy to build without detection, and proliferation treaties become unenforceable. What could go wrong? I think my mind just changed on whether fusion energy breakthroughs would end up as a net good.
Non proliferation treaties simply mean existing nuclear states can’t share with others. They do exactly nothing, except apply a stigma/some worthless sanctions, in the event a state decides to fucking do it themselves. See: North Korea.
My understanding is that the NIF was primarily to explore weapons research in the guise of fusion research. We could use some nuclear miracles to help out with decarbonizing and it seems like we'd be better served investing in something that could possibly become viable (especially with the recent superconductor news).
What's the weapons angle for sustained fusion research? We've had the tech to reliably turn heavy water into 100 million casualties per warhead for >50 years.
How did you reach 100M?
The blast radius is huge, but not that huge.
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Some of the implications, as far as I know: 1- A pure fusion weapon would be a "clean bomb", meaning it wouldn't emit long term radiation. Good, but bad because someone might be more willing to use it. 2- A pure fusion weapon wouldn't require a critical mass. In theory, the laws of physics don't preclude something that is really compact. 3- A pure fusion weapon would use deuterium, which is just a byproduct of heavy…
point 1 is sadly wrong and I wish people would stop thinking that fusion doesn't cause radiation damage in all surrounding material.
A fusion bomb with no fission stage would have a massive radiation blast, but leave no radioactive fallout. 10 minutes after the bomb, radiation levels would be more or less back to background levels. Is my understanding.
It would be kind of cool if by accident scientists can create some wormhole. We can dump all our trash through it into Saturn or something.
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This is crackpottery, right? All the links on that page point to other theories “debunking” general relativity and some “Electric Universe” fanfic.
Rumble is a haven for crackpots and frauds…not surprising.
I have personally seen one of these chambers and that they do run continuously for several hours.
> some people on Rumble I don't agree with so this raw video proof of a sustained fusion reaction is fake.
You are very very stupid. You do not belong on HN. Go back to 9gag.
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Totally, or something like infinite probability drive from Hitchhiker's that would just send our trash to random other universes and timelines. Which makes me wonder, are other universes and timelines sending us stuff? Is that where platypus' come from? P.S. I'm not trying to say platypus' are trash, just that the don't fit in with our indigenous fauna and maybe another timeline thought they were and sent them to us.
isn't this the idea for The Witcher?