m3t00🌎M to science@lemmy.worldEnglish • 7 months agoNuclear fusion reactor in South Korea runs at 100 million degrees C for a record-breaking 48 secondswww.livescience.comexternal-linkmessage-square258fedilinkarrow-up1837arrow-down113file-textcross-posted to: futurology@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1824arrow-down1external-linkNuclear fusion reactor in South Korea runs at 100 million degrees C for a record-breaking 48 secondswww.livescience.comm3t00🌎M to science@lemmy.worldEnglish • 7 months agomessage-square258fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: futurology@lemmy.ml
minus-squareNeatolinkfedilinkEnglish20•7 months agoUnfortunately the amount of helium made in fusion is so small as to be useless for anything humans need. Fusion is just that efficient.
minus-squareNeatolinkfedilinkEnglish3•7 months agoWe actually get all of our helium from mining, trapped gas. And we’re running out of the easy to reach stuff. So yes, no more chipmunk voices. But they’re similar gasses that can do the same thing and even ones that make your voice deeper.
minus-square@dohpaz42@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish1•7 months agoYes! I’ve heard. I would love to try some of that.
minus-squareDarkThoughtslinkfedilink3•7 months agoAlways careful with gasses. You basically replace a certain amount of capacity in your lungs with them, so you can very much suffocate yourself if you overdo it.
minus-square@n3m37h@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilink4•7 months agoThey use orders of magnitude more liquid helium to cool the magnets used to stabalize fusion than they would ever make.
Unfortunately the amount of helium made in fusion is so small as to be useless for anything humans need. Fusion is just that efficient.
So no chipmunk voices? 😢
Only for chipmunks for now.
We actually get all of our helium from mining, trapped gas. And we’re running out of the easy to reach stuff. So yes, no more chipmunk voices.
But they’re similar gasses that can do the same thing and even ones that make your voice deeper.
Yes! I’ve heard. I would love to try some of that.
Always careful with gasses. You basically replace a certain amount of capacity in your lungs with them, so you can very much suffocate yourself if you overdo it.
They use orders of magnitude more liquid helium to cool the magnets used to stabalize fusion than they would ever make.