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Clean energy could be 'closer than ever' after a nuclear fusion machine smashed a record (qz.com)
submitted 8 months ago by L4s to c/technology
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Clean energy could be 'closer than ever' after a nuclear fusion machine smashed a record::JET's final nuclear fusion experiment produced a record-breaking 69 megajoules of heat. Nice.

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[–] jordanlund 48 points 8 months ago (5 children)

https://www.newsweek.com/energy-nuclear-fusion-test-jet-world-record-1868146

"By my estimate this is enough energy to make over 600 cups of tea," professor Stuart Mangles—a physicist from Imperial College London, England—said in a statement.

[–] TheGrandNagus 10 points 8 months ago (3 children)

The British version of Americans measuring things in football fields

[–] CaptainMcMonkey 1 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Wait, how big IS a football field?

[–] very_well_lost 1 points 8 months ago

About 50 bald eagle wingspans.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago

It's 20.7 Ford F150s long

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