throwaway389430@lemmy.cafe to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoNuclear fusion reaction releases almost twice the energy put inwww.newscientist.comexternal-linkmessage-square339fedilinkarrow-up1649arrow-down126cross-posted to: futurology@futurology.todayworldnews@lemmit.onlinephysics@mander.xyzsingularity@lemmit.onlineupliftingnews@lemmit.online
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minus-squareel_eh_chase@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down3·7 months agoI’m getting troll vibes, but I’ll bite lol. Fusion reactions are the exception since you’re turning some mass into energy according to: E = mc^2 There’s many quality videos on YouTube that can provide a better explanation than I ever could.
minus-squareMinusPi@yiffit.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up19·7 months agoThey’re not an exception to conservation of energy, it’s just that matter is energy in another form. Fusion reactors just harness that energy.
minus-squareel_eh_chase@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 months agoTrue, thanks for the clarification!
I’m getting troll vibes, but I’ll bite lol. Fusion reactions are the exception since you’re turning some mass into energy according to:
E = mc^2
There’s many quality videos on YouTube that can provide a better explanation than I ever could.
They’re not an exception to conservation of energy, it’s just that matter is energy in another form. Fusion reactors just harness that energy.
True, thanks for the clarification!