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Clean energy could be 'closer than ever' after a nuclear fusion machine smashed a record (qz.com)

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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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[-] holycrap@lemm.ee 4 points 9 months ago

It doesn't look like they're generating electricity with that energy yet, so while you are correct the person you responded to is also correct in that we still need to prove we can harness it efficiently enough.

I think they'll get there, it just boils down to investment and time.

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