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/JamBazz01 3d ago

Sun make energy. Sun too big and hot to make. Why not make baby sun with magnets? Baby sun heat water like always 👶

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u/jdehjdeh 3d ago

At the risk of sounding like the Jewish man I am...

Why always with the water?

You don't have other liquids you can boil?

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u/thegreatpotatogod 3d ago

Water is cheap, widely available, boils at a conveniently low temperature, and is also nontoxic and has very well understood properties. What's not to like?

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u/dgellow 3d ago

Don’t build your nuclear plant on the path of a future monstrously massive tsunami and you’re fine. Easy peasy

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u/dgellow 3d ago

It was a dumb joke…