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I've always been somewhat partial to the stellarator design, I mean a big plasma donut is cool and all, but what if we twisted it around a whole bunch first!?
by wedn3sday 1y ago
I've always been somewhat partial to the stellarator design, I mean a big plasma donut is cool and all, but what if we twisted it around a whole bunch first!?
- cgannett 1y agommmm plasma cruller uhuhuhuhuhu -Homer Simpson
- HarHarVeryFunny 1y agoI think gravitational confinement is the way to go - it's the only operationally proven design! Gotta think big!
- weregiraffe 1y agoNo, it's not the only proven design. The other is a hydrogen bomb. Google project PACER.
- HarHarVeryFunny 1y agoTrue - inertial confinement - also used by NIF (laser based). I guess I should have said continuous operation, although I do like the simplicity of Helion's system.
- exe34 1y agoYou only need one at that point!
- ars 1y agoIt has density issues though. If you had a piece of the sun the size of a huge power plant - like enormous, the power output would be too low to be useful.
- grumbelbart 1y agoMandatory: We should build it in space and beam the electricity back to earth using electromagnetic waves. We could collect those using solar cells. And then get rid of the plant and use the sun instead.
- HarHarVeryFunny 1y agoYes - exactly. No need for a Dyson sphere, or a man-made sun - just use the real sun and solar panels!