▲ 648 ▼ China’s ‘artificial sun’ breaks nuclear fusion limit thought to be impossible (www.the-independent.com) submitted 10 months ago by commander@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 189 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] HK65@sopuli.xyz 13 points 10 months ago (3 children) Solar is technically fusion though permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 22 points 10 months ago (1 child) Solar is Fusion as a Service or FaaS technology. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] mumblerfish@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago The sun is in the cloud(s)? permalink fedilink source parent [–] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) Technically, there's only two sources of energy in the universe: nuclear energy and the expansion of the cosmos. Like, solar is fusion, ofc, the light coming from the sun. So is wind and water and bioenergy (indirectly). Geothermal is fission (heat comes from radioactive decay inside Earth). But then there's another source of energy that nobody ever talks about: tidal power It works by converting the rise and fall of water with the tides into electrical energy. This energy ultimately comes from the moon orbiting around Earth, more precisely, its mechanical energy: The fact that the moon is distant from Earth is only because the universe expanded after the big bang. Had it not done this, the moon and earth would be located at the same location, and there would be no "orbiting" to extract energy out of :P I just made a post about this here permalink fedilink source parent
[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 22 points 10 months ago (1 child) Solar is Fusion as a Service or FaaS technology. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] mumblerfish@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago The sun is in the cloud(s)? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mumblerfish@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago The sun is in the cloud(s)? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) Technically, there's only two sources of energy in the universe: nuclear energy and the expansion of the cosmos. Like, solar is fusion, ofc, the light coming from the sun. So is wind and water and bioenergy (indirectly). Geothermal is fission (heat comes from radioactive decay inside Earth). But then there's another source of energy that nobody ever talks about: tidal power It works by converting the rise and fall of water with the tides into electrical energy. This energy ultimately comes from the moon orbiting around Earth, more precisely, its mechanical energy: The fact that the moon is distant from Earth is only because the universe expanded after the big bang. Had it not done this, the moon and earth would be located at the same location, and there would be no "orbiting" to extract energy out of :P I just made a post about this here permalink fedilink source parent