Exteme DIY: Nuclear Reactor

[Tenacity]

I have serious doubts that anyone on this planet is capable of getting a nuclear fusion reactor working well enough to provide power. As was mentioned in the article - building a reactor that works isnt a big deal, it's been done before, but the problem is that they expends a much larger amount of energy than they produce.

Nuclear fusion is what stars run on - our own star is in a constant process of nuclear fusion, converting Hydrogen into Helium, which will eventually convert into other elements as the star ages. Near the end of a star's life cycle, the original Hydrogen it was composed of will be compressed to the point of becoming Iron, at which point it will either be small enough to form a neutron star, or be so large that it either collapses in on itself and forms a black hole or sluffs off the excess matter in a supernova.

What allows these stars throughout the universe to sustain nuclear fusion and -produce- energy is the fact that they are so unbelievably massive that the matter they are composed of creates enough gravitational pressure to fuse atoms at the core of the star. That kind of gravity and pressure does not exist on earth... hell, if you combined every planetary body in our solar system, they wouldnt even equal 1% of the total mass of the sun - that should give you an idea of how much gravity exists there.

Fusion reactors are great in theory, but we dont have the kind of mechanical implements needed to recreate a sustained fusion process. It would be more wise if these people would focus their efforts on a more reasonable source of energy that's actually possible with modern day technology. My suggestion: magnet motors. They've been made, they work, they require zero energy input and can produce large amounts of electricity in return.

Next step is heading out to North Dakota onto indian land and mining your own Uranium

This is the typical response of those neighbors that arent too pleased with this article =P

Nuclear fusion does not require radioactive materials. In fact, trying to achieve nuclear fusion with heavy atoms like that is much more difficult than doing so with lighter elements. Hydrogen/Helium are preferred.

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