February 17, 20224 yr I barely understand this myself. But some here do understand this stuff. This may be a new step toward nuclear fusion reality. https://www.wired.com/story/deepmind-ai-nuclear-fusion/ Noel The tires are worn. The shocks are shot. The steering is wobbly. But the engine still runs fine.
February 17, 20224 yr Using AI is a big thing in science in general right now, not just for nuclear fusion. It certainly helps, but I personally am still a bit sceptical about the possibility of a nuclear power plant. They have been chasing this dream for more than 50 years, but right now, nobody is close to realize a power plant. Having said that, there are a number of novel approaches that popped up in the last 10-20 years, so who knows.
February 17, 20224 yr 9 minutes ago, qqwertzde said: They have been chasing this dream for more than 50 years, but right now, nobody is close to realize a power plant. Depends what you mean by power plant. ITER of course will be in operation, hopefully 2025, but wont provide energy to the grid. But it should generate ten times more energy than used to cerate the palsma. They really are a lot closer now. But I get your scepticism, its a hard task. I like the look of General Fusions approach. https://generalfusion.com/ At JET of course they have recently cooked up some very toasty plasma. Smashing the energy generation record.
February 17, 20224 yr My favourite approach to nuclear fusion is https://lasers.llnl.gov/ But I am biased, I like laser light a lot 🙂
February 17, 20224 yr Author I use a laser light to play with my cats. They love to chase it. I make sure it never shines in their eyes. Noel The tires are worn. The shocks are shot. The steering is wobbly. But the engine still runs fine.
February 17, 20224 yr 2 hours ago, qqwertzde said: My favourite approach to nuclear fusion is https://lasers.llnl.gov/ But I am biased, I like laser light a lot 🙂 NIF is cool for sure. It must be they used the facility for engineering in Star Trek. Quite how a reactor would work I'm not sure. I mean in regard to the need to constantly feed pellets into the system.
February 20, 20224 yr Yes energy is going to be very expensive in the future and more fuel poverty. Wind farms were paid not to generate half their potential electricity (msn.com) Raymond Fry.
February 20, 20224 yr 22 minutes ago, G-RFRY said: Yes energy is going to be very expensive in the future and more fuel poverty. Wind farms were paid not to generate half their potential electricity (msn.com) As the article says, the problem would continue until "until there is more than sufficient interconnection between Scotland and the centres of demand in England". Dugald Walker
February 20, 20224 yr 45 minutes ago, dmwalker said: As the article says, the problem would continue until "until there is more than sufficient interconnection between Scotland and the centres of demand in England". This year alone the average bill will increase by £600 or more and family's are warning they will struggle to pay, And it`s possible that more old people will die in a cold winter luckily this winter is not as cold so far. PS they will not need interconnection two more of the biggest windfarms are in construction of the Yorkshire coast. The UK already has the biggest windfarms. And now there's growing move to ban cars from city`s in the UK. in the London green zone Hybrid vehicles pay the same price as the guy in a Ferrari the only difference is the guy in the Ferrari does not give A. Edited February 20, 20224 yr by G-RFRY Raymond Fry.
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