New Chinese Fusion Reactor

Post by **Captain** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 10:24 am

:icon14:

Reminds me of Spider Man 2

Post by **Grudge** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 10:26 am

whoa, cool

Post by **Freakaloin** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 3:43 pm

china is gonna win...

Post by **R00k** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 5:01 pm

Hey, they can spend money on their frivolous little "inventions" if they want to. I prefer spending our country's money on much more practical and productive things. Like dumping it by the truckload into resources that are going to be completely gone in 10 years.

Post by **SplishSplash** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 5:13 pm

Haven't they been testing Tokamaks for years?

How is that new? Or a 'first' even?

Post by **Grudge** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 5:37 pm

Awesome shot of an already existing Tokamak:

Post by **R00k** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 5:45 pm

heh, that looks like something straight out of Aliens .

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 5:52 pm

Yeah someone stole the one I made years ago, I always wondered who it was, fucking chinese.

Post by **Dave** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 6:58 pm

They haven't done it yet.. more Power to them if they can, but that story does not imply they have an actual, working fusion generator plan... It's all still theory until it produces more power than it consumes and can run non-stop

Post by **Massive Quasars** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 7:09 pm

Dave wrote:They haven't done it yet.. more Power to them if they can, but that story does not imply they have an actual, working fusion generator plan... It's all still theory until it produces more power than it consumes and can run non-stop

Thanks for cutting through the bullshit.

Post by **Tsakali_** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 8:03 pm

and not to mention this little fact

"If a device is developed that can withstand temperatures as high as 100 million Celsius degrees and control a deuterium-tritium reaction..."

seems like they have a long way to go, but IMO the progress has come much faster than I expected.

Post by **Dave** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 8:24 pm

That's where the magnetic fields come into play... if i'm not mistaken, if a strong enough magnetic field can be created to contain the plasma, the walls of the reactor won't melt. But then I think the trick is creating a strong enough field that doesn't use more power than the reactor produces in any given instant

Post by **eepberries** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 9:01 pm

What the fuck is a tokamak?

Post by **Dave** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 9:25 pm

google :icon10:

Post by **Transient** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 9:40 pm

More importantly, what happens if there's a leak? Sounds like there's an awful lot of energy invested in those things.

If there's one of those in Japan and it asplodes, will Japan disappear?

Post by **Massive Quasars** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 9:48 pm

Transient wrote:If there's one of those in Japan and it asplodes, will Japan disappear?

lol, no

Post by **Massive Quasars** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 9:53 pm

Because I can't be bothered...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fusion_pow ... tal_issues

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 12:11 am

Alright, infinite energy in March 2006 w00t! I'll cancel my hydro-quebec plan by then \o/

Post by **Foo** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 3:25 am

ToxicBug wrote:Alright, infinite energy in March 2006 w00t! I'll cancel my hydro-quebec plan by then \o/

Henceforth you will not be buying batteries at this time?

Post by **shadd_** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 3:34 am

yeah i was considering some type of hybrid for my next vehicle. fuck that though with fusion around the corner.

Post by **obsidian** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 3:55 am

I just invented a working perpetual motion machine. That reactor is so out of date.

Post by **Scarface** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 4:25 am

http://w3.pppl.gov/~dstotler/SSFD/

Highest i've been able to get so far is, 81.37

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 4:26 am

Foo wrote:
ToxicBug wrote:Alright, infinite energy in March 2006 w00t! I'll cancel my hydro-quebec plan by then \o/
Henceforth you will not be buying batteries at this time?

Who needs stupid batteries when a source of infinite energy is just around the corner

Post by **Captain** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 6:31 pm

Kudos to China :icon14:

Post by **Fender** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 8:51 pm

ToxicBug wrote:Who needs stupid batteries when a source of infinite energy is just around the corner

Yes, because we will ALL have fusion reactors on our houses and cars and storing energy in a battery is a really stupid idea.