France runs fusion reactor for record 22 minutes

How ks the drill baby drill crowd going to compete against mini stars in a can?

Lmao. Fucking oil losers

Amazing news!

They should get out more.

merde

1,337 seconds? That... that number used to mean something, but now i can't recall what...

France's 22-minute plasma reaction is a bold stride toward sustainable fusion energy but remains experimental.

🐱🐱🐱🐱

Well, I'm still skeptical, but I have far more trust in France's reporting than Chinese claims.

I hope it smoked a cigarette once it finished.

I didn't see any mention of the output in the article. 22MW injected, but does anyone know if the reaction was actually generating a positive output?

1,337 seconds

A headline without calling it an "Artificial Sun"?!

This is freaking awesome. Only a few years ago it was exciting to see a fusion reaction last a fraction of a second.

30 years guys.

Maybe if it runs longer, we all get to jump to a better timeline. 😅

Meanwhile in America we’re trying to make macdonalds cheaper by bundling an extra sandwich to go along with a value meal…

Why don't we use "shatters world record" like the pro-China articles where they did this for 16 minutes?

I know why.

Oh shit. Things are heating up in the fusion race.

Has DOGE cut funding to ITER yet?

Doesn't sound that impressive when Wendelstein 7-X achieved 17 minutes of plasma in 2021.

In the past few minutes on Lemmy I have seen a graphic that France is the largest weapons exporter behind the US, and now this. Thanks for being awesome y'all.

This is cool but also remember the practicalities of Fusion make it not much better than nuclear:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHmHBMaS6Sw