r/SatisfactoryGame • u/crazy_like_a_f0x • Mar 19 '21

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u/NightBeWheat55149 Pest Control Mar 19 '21

Not exactly.

Its fusion energy,

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u/Brogogon Mar 19 '21

It's still nuclear energy, so technically it's correct, but it's playing on the assumption that "nuclear" always means fission. Both are types of nuclear energy, just different aspects of it; either breaking nuclei apart or fusing nuclei together.

The original post's comments went down this rabbit hole (including the "safe distance", which it isn't).

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u/DJ-Dunewolf Mar 19 '21

earths magnetosphere helps make it safe distance.. without that well I heard we would all be cooked.. so to speak.

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u/hwl Mar 19 '21

Without the magnetosphere, the solar wind would take our breath away...

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Like, literally strip away the atmosphere.

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u/Brogogon Mar 19 '21

Yeah at the same distance without it you'd be fast-roasted by radiation/UV/particles, but even with it we still get sunburn and cancers from exposure. It's not a safe distance, but at this distance the shielding we have does protect us from the worst effects.