TehBamski@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 days agoWhat scientific fact blows your mind the most?message-squaremessage-square104fedilinkarrow-up180arrow-down12
arrow-up178arrow-down1message-squareWhat scientific fact blows your mind the most?TehBamski@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square104fedilink
minus-squareabsGeekNZ@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·22 hours agoNo where near perfect mass conversion… Max theoretical mass-energy conversion efficiency is under 1%
minus-squareteije9@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·19 hours agothat’s still waaayyyy more efficient than coal
minus-squareabsGeekNZ@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·18 hours agoThat is a different level entirely. The mass-energy conversion from chemical processes is extremely small compared to nuclear processes, you can’t really compare the in any meaningful way
minus-squareteije9@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 hours agoyes you can. coal costs ~32 cent per kWh, and uranium ~$0.0015 per kWh
minus-squareabsGeekNZ@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 hours agoWe were talking about the mass-energy conversion, for nuclear fusion. Not really sure how nuclear fission Vs coal cost/kWh is relevant.
No where near perfect mass conversion…
Max theoretical mass-energy conversion efficiency is under 1%
that’s still waaayyyy more efficient than coal
That is a different level entirely.
The mass-energy conversion from chemical processes is extremely small compared to nuclear processes, you can’t really compare the in any meaningful way
yes you can. coal costs ~32 cent per kWh, and uranium ~$0.0015 per kWh
We were talking about the mass-energy conversion, for nuclear fusion.
Not really sure how nuclear fission Vs coal cost/kWh is relevant.