TehBamski@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 13 days agoWhat scientific fact blows your mind the most?message-squaremessage-square119fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1message-squareWhat scientific fact blows your mind the most?TehBamski@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 13 days agomessage-square119fedilink
minus-squareI Cast Fist@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·12 days agoJust a fancier way to spin turbines with steam
minus-squarelime!@feddit.nulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·12 days ago15 years away from a useful result
minus-squareabsGeekNZ@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·12 days agoNo where near perfect mass conversion… Max theoretical mass-energy conversion efficiency is under 1%
minus-squareteije9@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·12 days agothat’s still waaayyyy more efficient than coal
minus-squareabsGeekNZ@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·12 days agoThat is a different level entirely. The mass-energy conversion from chemical processes is extremely small compared to nuclear processes, you can’t really compare the in any meaningful way
minus-squareteije9@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·11 days agoyes you can. coal costs ~32 cent per kWh, and uranium ~$0.0015 per kWh
minus-squareabsGeekNZ@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·11 days agoWe were talking about the mass-energy conversion, for nuclear fusion. Not really sure how nuclear fission Vs coal cost/kWh is relevant.
minus-squaretetris11@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-211 days agoStudies into how to make a more efficient kettle.
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·11 days agoThere’s a possibility of using the plasma directly for inducing electrical current, actually. But then yeah, probably steam with whatever’s left.
What do you think fusion research is?
Just a fancier way to spin turbines with steam
Existing nuclear energy, too.
15 years away from a useful result
No where near perfect mass conversion…
Max theoretical mass-energy conversion efficiency is under 1%
that’s still waaayyyy more efficient than coal
That is a different level entirely.
The mass-energy conversion from chemical processes is extremely small compared to nuclear processes, you can’t really compare the in any meaningful way
yes you can. coal costs ~32 cent per kWh, and uranium ~$0.0015 per kWh
We were talking about the mass-energy conversion, for nuclear fusion.
Not really sure how nuclear fission Vs coal cost/kWh is relevant.
Studies into how to make a more efficient kettle.
There’s a possibility of using the plasma directly for inducing electrical current, actually.
But then yeah, probably steam with whatever’s left.
I mean, you’re not wrong… XD