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submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml to c/196@lemmy.blahaj.zone
 

Proposed designs for DEMO have it running feedwater through the walls of the tokamak shielding to fuel a boiler

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[–] Slab_Bulkhead@lemmy.world 32 points 3 weeks ago

kinda our thing my guy

[–] pebbles@sh.itjust.works 27 points 3 weeks ago

Not fuzzy enough. Can someone compress this a few more times?

[–] troybot@midwest.social 23 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Maybe have a bunch of solar panels facing the nuclear fusion reactor?

[–] Hedup@lemmy.world 26 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Maybe we should launch the nuclear fusion reactor into orbit where it circles the earth, so that panels can wirelessly receive its energy anywhere in the world for half a day?

[–] grue@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

"That's the stupidest idea I've ever heard" -- Nicolaus Copernicus, probably

[–] dumbass@piefed.social 12 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It's all just boiling water...

[–] ramble81@lemmy.zip 11 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Except solar, wind and hydro (huh, all the renewables) but yeah, I had to laugh when I found out most the means of electricity generation we have are just variations of steam.

[–] far_university1990@reddthat.com 8 points 3 weeks ago

Boil thing... to make turbine spin.

We only have spinny thing and solar.

[–] rbos@lemmy.ca 12 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I saw a thing about boiling supercritical CO2 to drove a low temperature turbune the other day.

[–] Localhorst86@feddit.org 18 points 3 weeks ago

That's just boiling different water