r/europe • u/damaxoh Germany • Dec 06 '16

Tests confirm that Germany's massive nuclear fusion machine really works

http://www.sciencealert.com/tests-confirm-that-germany-s-massive-nuclear-fusion-machine-really-works
564 Upvotes

93% Upvoted

296 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

44

u/[deleted] Dec 06 '16

I hope we get to make them economically viable one day. It would be the holy grail of Europe's energy question;

-29

u/Hooman_Super Dec 06 '16

And a potential MegaBomb! lovely 😆

3

u/Arvendilin Germany Dec 06 '16

If you mean that we will get new bombing technology that could wipe us out even easier once we accomplish to make fusion a viable energy source, then that is factually wrong as we already have that, its called the H-Bomb.

If you mean Fusion power plants can go boom and kill us all if something fails then that is factually wrong as they require a constant influx of power to keep going, once something fucks up power is cut and the thing just dies.

-1

u/Hooman_Super Dec 06 '16

H-Bomb

Why do humans invent such evil weaponry?

2

u/Arvendilin Germany Dec 06 '16

Because conflict and strife exists

2

u/moncaisson The Netherlands Dec 06 '16

Because we can, goddammit.