throwaway389430@lemmy.cafe to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoNuclear fusion reaction releases almost twice the energy put inwww.newscientist.comexternal-linkmessage-square358fedilinkarrow-up1556arrow-down118cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
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minus-squareel_eh_chase@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down3·2 years 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-up18·2 years 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-up1·2 years 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!
No worries 👍