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Clean energy could be 'closer than ever' after a nuclear fusion machine smashed a record (qz.com)
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Clean energy could be 'closer than ever' after a nuclear fusion machine smashed a record::JET's final nuclear fusion experiment produced a record-breaking 69 megajoules of heat. Nice.

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[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 48 points 2 years ago (2 children)

https://www.newsweek.com/energy-nuclear-fusion-test-jet-world-record-1868146

"By my estimate this is enough energy to make over 600 cups of tea," professor Stuart Mangles—a physicist from Imperial College London, England—said in a statement.

[–] rambling_lunatic@sh.itjust.works 35 points 2 years ago

The most English measurement.

[–] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The British version of Americans measuring things in football fields

[–] CaptainMcMonkey@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Wait, how big IS a football field?

[–] very_well_lost@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

About 50 bald eagle wingspans.

[–] hydration9806@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago

It's 20.7 Ford F150s long