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[–] pntha@lemmy.world 31 points 1 week ago (2 children)

fission. aside from the fact physicists didn’t invent either, we’ve yet to boil any water with fusion.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Give me a concave mirror and I'll change that

[–] grue@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Best I can do is a convex lens.

[–] FiniteBanjo@feddit.online 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

We've boiled tons of water with it, but there have been no functional turbines involved in a ten mile radius.

[–] Flipper@feddit.org 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] wieson@feddit.org 10 points 1 week ago

But is it closer or further away than 16 km to the nuclear fusion source?