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> This time, they're comparing to the total energy in the laser beams. How do you know? Nothing has been published yet; it’s science through press release. In
by leephillips 4y ago
> This time, they're comparing to the total energy in the laser beams.
How do you know? Nothing has been published yet; it’s science through press release. In the past, published papers from NIF have been a real wake-up call after absorbing the misleading hype (the papers are most honest than the folks taking to the reporters).
- DennisP 4y agoFair point, I'm just going by the article: > The fusion reaction at the US government facility produced about 2.5 megajoules of energy, which was about 120 per cent of the 2.1 megajoules of energy in the lasers I guess we'll see how things develop. But from a quick google, 2.1 megajoules is about what the lasers deliver, unless they've significantly increased their power recently.