IS FUSION POWER ACHIEVABLE? - TommyKay Reacts to Fusion Power Explained

[@sombertownds149]

The power of the sun, in the palm of my hand

[@absurdist9609]

This kurzgesagt video is like 4-5 years old. There's been ground breaking advances in fusion reactor technology in the last 3 years. It is estimated that commercially viable fusion reactors are well within reach now. Approx 3-5 years.

[@degustablegerbil]

yes, there have been promising recent advances, ignition has been notoriously elusive despite advances throughout the past couple decades. I’m still very hopeful we will see commercial fusion within our lifetimes.

[@rubenraasveldt3693]

There have been great break throughs recently, but the scientists themselves say that it will probably only be commercially available in the second half of the 21st century

[@absurdist9609]

@@rubenraasveldt3693 on a mass scale, but in essence, producing more energy than input is going to be achievable quite soon.

[@ammoniumphosphate]

Oh shoot that’s really cool!

[@degustablegerbil]

@@absurdist9609 I believe NIF hit the break-even point a few months ago but has had difficulties replicating it.

[@sherlockhomes840]

"old ginger mocks technology once again" millions would watch

[@eagle_and_the_dragon]

Fusion is fascinating. My understanding is that the major roadblock facing it is maintaining the Magnetic field, as without it the reaction cannot be maintained. It's because of this that the current experiments are expensive for so little energy. However, this would improve with each extension of active reaction time. Give it 10 years, and we should have proven the technology. Another 10 ontop for commercialisation though. For now, standard fission is best in terms of: efficiency, the environment, and looking the coolest (most important criteria).

[@CarlosAM1]

20 years is a bit too optimistic for commercial fusion power. One thing is making a positive q plasma, then you have to contain it for fairly long periods of time and then you have to use said plasma to generate electricity and then you have to make all that commercially viable.

[@hippityhop9522]

People who don't remember Goku and Piccolo showing Gohan and Trunks how to fuse.

[@tanjeeschuan4999]

Never knew I’d hear tommy talk about Dragon Ball in a video about fusion

[@apex_blue]

4:20 that's what most like pods that can extend your life in scfi works, but the tricky thing is water. It's unique instead of getting denser the colder you go the, you'll actually get less dense this is why glaciers float. Well the cell can only expand so much, then it will burst, killing the cell. This is actually a lot more common than you think, it's called frost bite. Yep the black skin that results from frost is literally cells bursting like ballons.

[@arrielradja5522]

04:20 water crystallization will pierce the skin

[@Enoughdata]

Another way to understand absolute zero, if you somehow took like a cubic meter of space and chilled it down to 0 kelvin, you've literally removed all the energy in that space. It's actually impossible because there are always fluctuations in quantum fields that permeate all of space and so there would always be some energy available in a system, but if you could somehow achieve 0 kelvin you would have removed all available energy and nothing could happen.

[@Ketol1510]

Isn't NASA planning moon trips in the next 10-15 years? Referring to his last statement in the video btw.

[@cheeseninja1115]

and even then, Elon is helping with the landers making his statement moot. The starship is designed to go to both mars and the moon, if it ever will is another question.

[@Ketol1510]

@@cheeseninja1115 It'll be cool to see if it does work out or not. If it does, that'd make space travel in the near future even more plausible. (realistic space travel, i.e the moon and perhaps Mars.)

[@irakliiremashvili5190]

Artemis program should deliver astronauts to the moon within next few years. Planned date was 2024 but due to COVID it might take longer

[@ItzNeons3060]

Video

[@WileyBoxx]

yes it is

[@asser5547]

no

[@pokpok97642]

yes

[@mustyclip8881]

pp

[@christopherstewart9821]

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[@v44n7]

Who cares what this dude has to say about it lol