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Bardez t1_ixtqdms wrote

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

Exactly. Like. There HAS to be a better way to generate electricity than to turn something.

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coolwool t1_ixu3y96 wrote

Well, it's the easiest way, I guess. The energy that is created isn't electricity yet, so without transforming it, you can't use it in that way.
I find it more crazy that for some reason, we found this good way to do it so long ago.

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GodEmperorBrian t1_ixuj39c wrote

You generate electricity by manipulating magnetic fields. The easiest way to do this by far is by spinning a magnet around a coil, or a coil around a magnet. Unless we discover something we didn’t already know about magnetic fields, we’re just going to keep spinning things.

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