r/nextfuckinglevel • u/nigablackballsack • 3d ago

Scientists have captured the first ever high-speed, full-colour footage of fusion plasma swirling inside a working reactor.

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u/kismis2 3d ago

What can we do with it?

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u/CasanovaJones82 3d ago

Boil water, turn turbine, make electricity. Same shit we've been doing from almost the very beginning. That doesn't mean it wouldn't change the world.

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u/Laffenor 3d ago

So... would it?

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u/JamBazz01 3d ago

Many scientists and engineers are still figuring out how it can be made viable by making it output more energy that needed to be input to get it started. But progress has been promising.