electricity is nearly free….
Well do you have 10 GW available?I don't know how much more electricity it takes…
Well do you have 10 GW available?
Ps there is very little available about how much energy you need to dump in (probably because it’s not helping you sell your research) but I found This paper in nature where they used a 10GW laser.
Well, no, that much would be a problem. Even in a short pulse, because the pulse rate has to be high. A 10 GW, 1 µs pulse at 1000 pulses per second, for example, is still 10 MW averaged out. If that's what this thing takes, then I take it all back.Well do you have 10 GW available?
Ps there is very little available about how much energy you need to dump in (probably because it’s not helping you sell your research) but I found This paper in nature where they used a 10GW laser.
I’m afraid so, that paper was supposed to be about how you could use LESS power than before! But I agree it’s super cool and maybe if nuclear reactors become common on space craft it’ll be practical…Well, no, that much would be a problem. Even in a short pulse, because the pulse rate has to be high. A 10 GW, 1 µs pulse at 1000 pulses per second, for example, is still 10 MW averaged out. If that's what this thing takes, then I take it all back.
(Still, 1H + 11B → 3∙4He is intriguing.)
Remember, they claim the thing is "pulsed", so it may be 10GW peak for... 1 nanosecond... So 10 watt-second input power.
I find the same kind of accounting in high fi equipment. 1kW Peak Power from this 6" subwoofer! Ahhh, bullshit.
I had a real 1kW for my bass when I played in metal bands. That would dim the lights and blow breakers.
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