TehBamski@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 11 days agoWhat scientific fact blows your mind the most?message-squaremessage-square137fedilinkarrow-up188arrow-down12
arrow-up186arrow-down1message-squareWhat scientific fact blows your mind the most?TehBamski@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 11 days agomessage-square137fedilink
minus-squareFluke@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down2·11 days agoWhat do you think fusion research is?
minus-squareI Cast Fist@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down1·11 days agoJust a fancier way to spin turbines with steam
minus-squaredependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 days agoFancier or more efficient?
minus-squaretetris11@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-210 days agoStudies into how to make a more efficient kettle.
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 days agoThere’s a possibility of using the plasma directly for inducing electrical current, actually. But then yeah, probably steam with whatever’s left.
minus-squarelime!@feddit.nulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 days ago15 years away from a useful result
minus-squaresga@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 days agoa fun fact: for the most efficient mass energy conversion, you need a huge spin black hole (preferably naked). Then you can get about 42% conversion. (there was a minute physics video about it i think)
minus-squareabsGeekNZ@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·11 days agoNo where near perfect mass conversion… Max theoretical mass-energy conversion efficiency is under 1%
What do you think fusion research is?
Just a fancier way to spin turbines with steam
Fancier or more efficient?
Studies into how to make a more efficient kettle.
I mean, you’re not wrong… XD
There’s a possibility of using the plasma directly for inducing electrical current, actually.
But then yeah, probably steam with whatever’s left.
now that would be revolutionary!
Existing nuclear energy, too.
15 years away from a useful result
a fun fact: for the most efficient mass energy conversion, you need a huge spin black hole (preferably naked). Then you can get about 42% conversion. (there was a minute physics video about it i think)
No where near perfect mass conversion…
Max theoretical mass-energy conversion efficiency is under 1%