From: "Mark Gibbs" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, October 20, 2013 8:59:25 PM > Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory this month achieved a positive net > energy yield from hot fusion. See:
https://lasers.llnl.gov/newsroom/project_status/index.php > They still have much work to do to make it an economic power source. - - - reposted in correct thread -- Of course the "amount of energy released through the fusion reaction exceeded the amount of energy being absorbed by the fuel" is a bit hidden in the total power of the system. Let's see --- Total input = 1.7 MJ Additional Output = 8000 J COP = 1,700,000 + 8000 / 1,7000,000 = 1.0047
