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World’s biggest nuclear fusion reactor comes online(www.independent.co.uk)

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The scientists used lasers to fuse two light atoms into a single one, releasing 3.15MJ (megajoules) of energy from 2.05MJ of input – roughly enough to boil a kettle.

Why do we even study this? Renewables are the only way. This is a waste of money which is a finite resource.

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The sun is a fusion reactor which is sustaining a reaction for millions of years already. Iter is a concept which tries to emulate this

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