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GenXer47

(1,204 posts) Mon Dec 12, 2022, 12:46 PM Dec 2022

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it is actually worse than that lapfog_1 Dec 2022 #1

lapfog_1

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1. it is actually worse than that

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Mon Dec 12, 2022, 01:43 PM

Dec 2022

The energy produced needs to be converted to electricity to power the lasers to create a completely sustainable self-contained reaction. After that... you need to produce excess amount of electricity (via boiling water to turn turbines or whatever) to actually create a power plant.

still, producing more energy than it lasers consumed is a milestone.

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