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hallgrim • today at 4:53 PM • 2 replies • view on HN

Not really? How do you define efficiency here?

Thermonuclear bombs literally create lots of heat, and don’t tend to drive anything that produces work. It’s the opposite of efficient.

Just like lighting gasoline on fire and claiming that that’s more efficient than a combustion energy…


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drivebyhooting • today at 5:07 PM

I’m talking about net energy. Harnessing it is a whole different story.

jzemeocala • today at 5:03 PM

What if we used them to run Tesla turbines