Re: (3113) Re: Gravitoelectrodynamics!!!!!

  Paul> According to our local newspaper, somebody in Europe managed to
  Paul> maintain a (hot) fusion reaction for a couple of seconds (? not
  Paul> exactly sure how long it really was).  If we get fusion we
  Paul> would also get to TL9.

Here's what I remember (I'm pretty sure it's right):

10 MW of power in, 1.8 MW of power out for 2 seconds.  It's still not
putting out more energy than we're putting in, but 2 seconds is an awful
long time for something that hot.  Technically, we've had controlled
fusion reactions for some time, just haven't made it pay off yet.
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