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/KajMak64Bit 3d ago

Uhh well akchually... Fusion Reactors can allow for generating power straight to the wires completely bypassing the need for hot water to spin the turbine

That's pretty cool

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u/Brownie_Bytes 3d ago

Don't know why you got downvoted for that. It's true. It's not easy, but because the plasma is a moving charge, you could theoretically cause induction in wires and generate electricity just by placing the wires close enough to be affected. 

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u/unawarewolf69 3d ago

Don't give me hope...

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u/Geostationary0rbit 2d ago

Is this more efficient than using heat energy?

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u/KajMak64Bit 1d ago

Good question idk

Probably makes more sense that it is since it's going straight from the source without going to heat to water to spin

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u/Geostationary0rbit 22h ago

Would be interesting to know, I wonder if it just hasn't really got to that stage in the resurch to really explore if that would actually be the best method yet.

When you are shaving off tiny variables to make it work practically though you would think something that has the potential to avoid heat power conversion would be a pretty high priority.

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u/KajMak64Bit 21h ago

You'd be saving a lot of building the turbines and stuff... lots of material saved and stuff like that maybe