The ITER project seems more promissing to me than this.
Also: please stop the damned 2012 references
Also: please stop the damned 2012 references
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Wait, haven't physicists been doing that for years? That is, creating miniature suns to test fusion power. Only difference is they've been using tokamak reactors up until now that didn't incorporate giant lasers (show-offs). The first one was in 1963 IIRC and there have been many since. They're building a new one in Cadarache at the moment I think (ITER).
This is absolutely genius. I cannot believe I have not seen this in any other plot based around the apocalypse. Seriously, death by man-made sunlight? Count me in! -F
The ITER project works different. Instead of creating a miniature star, they emulate the conditions in a star by capturing hydrogen and deuterium plasma in a torical magnetic field, causing fusion.zala-taichou said:
ITER is actually not the first tokamak fusion reactor, but a new prototype to try to increase power output, operational time and to work out some kinks in the cooling an shieling materials.
Well, I have lost faith in humanity as a whole so if we get obliterated because of the creation of a star in our own planet then YAY! going out with a Bang!.
(I still prefer the idea of us creating a Black Hole in the LHC, its cooler to go with a Zwooop!)
In all seriousness, in order to create a star dangerous enough to get out of control and be considered a threat to us, you will need to fuse hydrogen nuclei over a volume similar to that of one of the great lakes. Also, keeping Nuclear fusion running is veeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeery very difficult and there are many factors not present in space that will interfere with the fusion, the amount of hydrogen used for the fusion is not enough to self sustain itself, thus it will grow dim and dissipate in a matter of milliseconds. So, even if they DID wanted to make a Doomsday it wont pose a considerable of threat.
Dont worry about it!
(I still prefer the idea of us creating a Black Hole in the LHC, its cooler to go with a Zwooop!)
In all seriousness, in order to create a star dangerous enough to get out of control and be considered a threat to us, you will need to fuse hydrogen nuclei over a volume similar to that of one of the great lakes. Also, keeping Nuclear fusion running is veeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeery very difficult and there are many factors not present in space that will interfere with the fusion, the amount of hydrogen used for the fusion is not enough to self sustain itself, thus it will grow dim and dissipate in a matter of milliseconds. So, even if they DID wanted to make a Doomsday it wont pose a considerable of threat.
Dont worry about it!
Ryokai said:
You guys realize that the thread title is a joke, right? I was just amused by the coincidence in timing meaning that this would happen around 2012. In all honesty, the experiment sounds interesting, and I hope they succeed.Hopeless Bastard said:
