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[–] [email protected] 76 points 2 months ago (8 children)

Wiggling magnetic fields make electricity

Fusion reactors have wiggling magnetic fields.

Simple as

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (6 children)

I really cant decide if that's a joke.

But you have to move from "Fusion reactors have wiggling magnetic fields." into "Fusion reactors create wiggling magnetic fields."

I'm out of the loop here, but I can almost guarantee that whoever people are talking about, they didn't achieve that change.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

Here's a video explaining the principal. They haven't achieved more outpit than input yet, but fusion creates giant magnetic fields that can in theory generate electricity. It's really fascinating

[–] Jumuta 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

yeah I don't trust that video one bit, when I watched it it sounded like just a recruitment ad for the company. same with his hermeus video

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Hard agree, unsubscribed from real engineering the moment I realised they made ads without ever declaring it. It's literally just propaganda at this point

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