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more_walls t1_ixt83zi wrote

Reply to comment by misterhamtastic in Covering a cylinder with a magnetic coil triples its energy output in nuclear fusion test by Gari_305

The article never mentions water. It does mention tripling output, but compared to what?

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networkarchitect t1_ixtbczz wrote

I think the water bit is referring to how many forms of power generation (coal, nuclear fission, natural gas, and molten-salt solar) are all just different ways of boiling water to produce steam to turn a steam turbine connected to a generator. They're just different methods of generating large amounts of heat, and currently steam turbine generators are the most practical way to turn large amounts of heat into large amounts of electricity.

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