Did NASA Just Stumble Upon A Source of Clean, Limitless Energy?

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  • čas přidán 19. 06. 2024
  • NASA Scientists recently discovered a way to conduct Fusion that bears some resemblance to the Cold Fusion Experiments of 1989. Is this the real thing, or another hoax?
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  • @honuugako3418
    @honuugako3418 Před 3 lety +222

    Hi there
    I have some issues with what was said (mainly at the beginning, the rest was - to my knowledge - correct):
    Alpha Centauri is 4.3 light-years or 40 trillion kilometers apart from us. So unless you have found a way to go faster than light (which we cannot at the moment & have no idea how) you will nead at least 4.3 years to arrive in Alpha Centauri. Problem here: you still need light-speed, which too is as of yet impossible to reach, as the energy-requirement is simply absurd because of expomential growth...
    But it is true, that atomic energy IS the big future for our civilisation be it fission or fusion.

    • @TechforLudditesSira
      @TechforLudditesSira  Před 3 lety +237

      Hey, this is a good question. You correctly identified the issue. But only on a first level analysis.
      If you dig deeper, then you’ll realise that time slows down for any object travelling near the speed of light.
      So a clock on that SR-71 will slow down. And so will the biological processes of anyone on it.
      So when they reach their destination, it’ll seem like only a year has passed.
      On Earth, however, 5 years will have passed. Which is why I included that tidbit :)

    • @saltycreole2673
      @saltycreole2673 Před 3 lety +49

      But Spock's sister said it so it must be true!

    • @MadMadDude
      @MadMadDude Před 3 lety +12

      Half of light speed would be good enough :-)

    • @Sleepy_Apocalypse
      @Sleepy_Apocalypse Před 3 lety +12

      You should check out Isaac Arthur here on CZcams

    • @maninalift
      @maninalift Před 3 lety +16

      @@TechforLudditesSira on that note however, the acceleration of the SR71 was given in ms^{-1} instead of ms^{-2}

  • @chadowe
    @chadowe Před 3 lety +50

    “The laws of physics have no obligation to conform to our intuition.” So true and far too often ignored.

    • @rolandwoltman7835
      @rolandwoltman7835 Před 3 lety

      Meh. We assume we cannot do too much because we assume the laws of physics are what we think... I mean I'm certain DARP has crafts (and missiles) that create their own vacuum directly in front of them meaning their speed/acceleration is quite ridiculous.

    • @rickdees251
      @rickdees251 Před 2 lety

      @@rolandwoltman7835 Your ignoring the evidence which demonstrates you wishful thinking is not what reality based.

    • @rolandwoltman7835
      @rolandwoltman7835 Před 2 lety

      @@rickdees251 We can create a vacuum.
      It's easily within the laws of physics.
      And we have crafts/missiles/drones that can certainly go speeds " we" can't guess at.
      There is a reason NASA spends good money working on a warp drive.
      Heck, we still act like the speed of light is constant.
      It's change is miniscule. Incomprehensibly small.
      But if we looked at galaxies as far away as possible... It would show the galaxies moving away faster then our constant light math.
      We don't even have physics basics down yet in the dimensions of space we "touch" (mostly).
      Human arrogance is adorable.

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      @hectornonayurbusiness2631 Před 2 lety

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    @AmlanjyotiSaikia Před 3 lety +389

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    From phone/gadget reviews to science education.

    • @TechforLudditesSira
      @TechforLudditesSira  Před 3 lety +59

      :)

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  • @DuncanAitken
    @DuncanAitken Před 3 lety +28

    "But I guess the Laws of Nature have no obligation to conform to our intuition".
    Brilliantly put!

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    @manojnani1785 Před 3 lety +211

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      @tillyt4054 Před 3 lety

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    • @Auden.
      @Auden. Před 3 lety +2

      Not necessarily

    • @sergefournier5364
      @sergefournier5364 Před 3 lety

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    @vikrantdhapa Před 3 lety +242

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      @shivanshsingh8331 Před 3 lety +6

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      @TechforLudditesSira  Před 3 lety +29

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      @jakeehrlich8113 Před 3 lety +17

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      @ArvindKumar-fj7ql Před 3 lety +2

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    @PhilipX2030 Před 3 lety +158

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    • @ehm.education
      @ehm.education Před 3 lety

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    • @G809
      @G809 Před 3 lety +7

      @@ehm.education read the title again, but slowly this time

    • @obvioustruth
      @obvioustruth Před 3 lety

      Not clear. m/s is not an unit of acceleration, and she says that SR-71 can go with acceleration of 5m/s. 5m/s can be easily achieved by a typical car.

    • @fwcolb
      @fwcolb Před 3 lety +1

      @@obvioustruth Yes acceleration is measure in m/s/s (m/s2).. And although the acceleration is not great, the velocity will increase as follows:
      V = U + at where U is the initial velocity and V is the velocity after t seconds.
      Assume u = 4000 m/s (14,000 km/h), since an interstellar vehicle would be launched from a near-Earth orbit like a sling-shot. There are about 31.56 million seconds in a year.
      Thus V = 4000 + 5* 31,560,000
      V= 158 million meters per second.
      Since speed of light is 300 million m/s that means at the end of one year the spacecraft would be traveling at half the speed of light.

    • @nufosmatic
      @nufosmatic Před 3 lety

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    @halifaxlithos2488 Před 3 lety +22

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  • @alexandergunda8916
    @alexandergunda8916 Před 3 lety +11

    small correction: it is spelled correctly "Bremsstrahlung" with 2xS and the word "Strahlung" already means radiation

    • @timpeters7852
      @timpeters7852 Před 3 lety +2

      Exactly. It means Braking radiation which is super logical given the context

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    @murbella7 Před 3 lety +4

    You always have great scripts. Easy to understand (well, sometimes) and beautifully delivered by someone who is easy to listen to and easy to watch. Ta!

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    @akshayshetye8718 Před 3 lety +9

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    @spiffdandy77 Před 3 lety +56

    She is definitely the prettiest and smartest Romulan that I have ever seen

    • @MissStateFan
      @MissStateFan Před 3 lety +3

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    • @rambot670
      @rambot670 Před 3 lety +2

      Amen!

    • @jamesdaceyjr8857
      @jamesdaceyjr8857 Před 3 lety +2

      Spot on comment.. I agree...

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      @crhu319 Před 3 lety +2

      She won't reveal the cloaking device though.

    • @crhu319
      @crhu319 Před 3 lety +1

      She's almost a dead ringer for Persis Khambatta, and she opened this waxing philosophical about Voyager I.

  • @solosailorsv8065
    @solosailorsv8065 Před 3 lety +13

    Field Tech is needed before interstellar travel. One to contain the reactor, another to deflect space dust from shreding the vessle. And all we have control of in 2020 is magnetic or electrostatic fields. So, a new dicipline is needed first, imho

    • @farmergiles1065
      @farmergiles1065 Před 2 lety

      Only one new discipline? Not shredding the vessel would be good. But how about not cooking the passengers? Collecting fuel en route? Food and supplies for crew? Renewing less pervasive materials lost gradually in transit? Oh, and there's always mental health. I'd say we have work aplenty ahead.

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    @deepakachu Před 3 lety +15

    Not even 10 seconds in and I knew this is quality content

    • @Oderwat
      @Oderwat Před 3 lety

      Irony? So quality that they use a "quote" with Oppenheimer, which actually was never said by him and is part song lyrics?

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  • @jjeherrera
    @jjeherrera Před 3 lety +21

    They may have found a new way of inducing fusion reactions. Whether that may lead to an energy generation device (energy output > energy input) is a different matter. We've seen this over and over for the past 60 years. Nice video, though. I liked it.

    • @johnkulpowich5260
      @johnkulpowich5260 Před 3 lety

      People always want to defund N A S A. They forget the jobs they create. And the new technology they bring us

    • @Starborn63
      @Starborn63 Před 2 lety

      @@johnkulpowich5260 I read nothing about defunding NASA there. Clarify please.

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    @orowizard1369 Před 3 lety +36

    This channel makes me wish I had been smart. Smart enough to get into science. Thanks for another exciting video.

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      @kaushalkavekar Před 3 lety +3

      Same here

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      @kingslushie1018 Před 3 lety +1

      I feel that 😔😅

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      @kingslushie1018 Před 3 lety

      @RockyRacza that’s a bit motivational , thanks :)

    • @tedphillips1977
      @tedphillips1977 Před 3 lety

      Fact is...you're really as smart as you believe and know you are. Frequencies I believe can change everything..

    • @AndrewSheldon
      @AndrewSheldon Před 3 lety

      The irony is science (geology) is posited for dumb kids in my experience.

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    @raeshsharma Před 3 lety +2

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  • @jollyvivi
    @jollyvivi Před 3 lety +1

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  • @northernskies86
    @northernskies86 Před 3 lety +15

    One concern I have for this is most of the energy in the electron beam is lost to heat (only about 1% of the energy is converted to X-rays) so either a new means of X-ray production that is far more efficient or making the fusion yield extremely high will have to be implemented to make this a viable fusion power source. I don't think that this is as bad as the Pons and Fleischmann cold fusion case because there is evidence that neutrons are being produced with energies characteristic of D-T fusion, but it may take a while to be a net energy producer.

    • @Aim54Delta
      @Aim54Delta Před 3 lety +3

      There are a few improvements possible. Classic xray tubes have seen considerable improvement in efficiency with cold cathode technologies. It's not my specialty, so I need to research the cause of losses better, but there's room for improvement over 1% conversion.
      Cyclotrons have become fun for this purpose, however, as a far more powerful and ideal source of xrays as cyclotron radiation emitted by electrons being forced to change direction is generally more efficient than what can be produced using xray tubes. Alternatively, someone could try using a free electron laser, although those are generally not considered efficient, I'm also not aware of many attempts to make them efficient... Though that would probably result in a cyclotron tuned to a match of free electron laser emissions and cyclotron emissions along a radius so that most of your beam losses come out as the energy of the frequency you're looking for. Assuming I am remembering correctly that free electron emission is distinct from cyclotron radiation and that the two could be matched in the same beam without obstructing each other.
      Also, most power harnessing seems to default to thermal generation and harnessing - and our means of harnessing thermal energy are only about 30-40%. The electric fields and any electrical charges not crucial to sustaining the reaction are better candidates to explore - I would argue as a starting point for developing a fusion process. Start with a fusion reaction that generates these phenomena more primarily than thermal energy and move from there. Ideally, some kind of solid state fusion which occurs almost like some kind of fuel cell catalytic reaction with thermal energy being closer to a reboiler on a gas turbine engine.

  • @wolframstahl1263
    @wolframstahl1263 Před 3 lety +47

    Ok, now that energy is _almost_ solved, does someone by any chance have a warp drive or a few star gates lying around? That'd be just _so_ helpful!

    • @mmmk6322
      @mmmk6322 Před 3 lety +2

      The sarcasm in this channel's comments is magnificent.

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      @pseudonayme7717 Před 3 lety +4

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      @MadofaA Před 3 lety

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    • @Alexagrigorieff
      @Alexagrigorieff Před 3 lety +7

      I, too, would like to get off this planet.

    • @mtolives
      @mtolives Před 3 lety +7

      Sure, I've got two Stargates lying around here on Earth but I would need you to take one of them to Proxima B in your warp drive enabled cargo ship.

  • @Kingofgibraltar
    @Kingofgibraltar Před 3 lety

    Many thanks for your videos this year, Merry Christmas to you and your Family x

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    @furaigames6837 Před 3 lety +2

    Your videos are really well made! Happy I stumbled across this channel

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    @anirudhagarwal9361 Před 3 lety +7

    I love how playful the explanation is. Love the channel. Keep up the good work girl!

  • @marchurlbert586
    @marchurlbert586 Před 3 lety +7

    Thank you for this excellent presentation. These possibilities give one hope.

  • @mrmcbeardy9268
    @mrmcbeardy9268 Před 3 lety +1

    Hi Sira! I juat wanted to say I absolutely adore your channel, as well as your charming humour and intelligence 🌷 I look forward to seeing your channel grow, and I look forward to hearing you talk more about science and space. Also, I just followed you on Instagram. I really admire your bright and joyous attitude. Namaste 🙏

  • @brianbrewster6532
    @brianbrewster6532 Před 3 lety +69

    Well, nobody ever thinks there's much energy stored in our oceans until they fuel massive Cat 5 hurricanes.

    • @naveenarora6467
      @naveenarora6467 Před 3 lety +8

      it's not the oceans it's still the sun.

    • @drumkommandr9779
      @drumkommandr9779 Před 3 lety +8

      and that's not even the ocean doing it, it's the sun hitting the atmosphere

    • @starventure
      @starventure Před 3 lety

      @@drumkommandr9779 Coriolis force.

    • @epoxeclipse
      @epoxeclipse Před 3 lety

      Can we just get a cup of sunshine? There's some power.

    • @dsdy1205
      @dsdy1205 Před 3 lety

      oh we know it's there, it's just low-grade as heck

  • @elijahvivio1996
    @elijahvivio1996 Před 3 lety +28

    BTW Awesome use of the strong force graphs, as well as that energy density graphs, well researched video.

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    Love your style and explanations.

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    Subscribed five or six videos back and I'm really enjoying the topics your covering

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    @paulcooper8818 Před 3 lety +3

    0:44 "The Sun will not let us out of its resplendent shadow.", -- such a turn of phrase leaves me filled with a void.

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    "If we stay too far from our guardian, there is only silence and darkness."

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      Our guardian knows no boundaries. His reach is infinite.

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      @@raymondfrye8696 I think in this situation, it (guardian) represents the Earth.

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      @@Evangq The subject is the Sun; Our guardian, which gives energy.

    • @Evangq
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      @@yeomantrader9505 I see that now. I missed "the earth is our cradle" part. Thank you!

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    @willythemailboy2 Před 3 lety +140

    This video has not yet been blessed by the turbine fairies.

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      loooool :D

    • @anydaynow01
      @anydaynow01 Před 3 lety +6

      As someone who has spent his life as a fusion plant tech to engineer to safety analyst I fully endorse this comment! We should really be looking into eliminating that greedy turbine middle man! Maybe forays into TWR or MSR SMR RTGs?

    • @danmortenson5274
      @danmortenson5274 Před 3 lety +1

      @M Bacon Any "efficiencies" that can become "worse" by means of scientific development are NOT real, but were IMAGINED INTO PLACE to start with... the sunk research has simply exposed their "hidden" faults...

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      The lengths humans will go to just to boil a kettle.

  • @garynew9637
    @garynew9637 Před 3 lety +78

    This is common knowledge on Vulcan.

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      Gary New ... I thought that was a vulcan when I first saw that girl in the beginning.

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      @krishnayogi Před 3 lety

      @@mysticdavestarotmachinesho5093 so true

    • @krishnayogi
      @krishnayogi Před 3 lety +2

      @@mysticdavestarotmachinesho5093 if vulcans are this fun to watch take me there please

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      i was also thinking that;)

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    @augustburning Před 3 lety +2

    Hi! Just subscribed. 🙏🤩
    I LOVE the, sort of anthropomorphic analogous way you explain this topic, and can't wait to take in more of your work. 🙏❤️
    Fusion is, in my admittedly under-educated opinion, humanity's best hope for survival, both in the distance future, but also the nearer future as well. We need to figure out our energy situation before it's too late. 😬
    I look forward to hearing more about these results, and fusion in general.

    • @Rick-the-Swift
      @Rick-the-Swift Před 3 lety

      Cheap fusion energy is what all greedy people want, but it will only lead to more people cutting down more trees faster and cheaper, as well as the depletion of fish in the oceans.

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    WoW. Hearing your voice I jumped directly to the comment section.
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    Clear, articulate and concise. Great job.

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    Love the way you explain, and I never heard of this until you told me.

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    Your narration is awesome thank you for your work. I had no idea this had been discovered.

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    I don't know if this has been suggested before, but I'd love to see a collaboration between this channel and Technology Connections.

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    I want her to narrate all of my audible books. Her voice is like liquid silk it's so smooth

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      Only problem, with some words the accent is on the wrong syllable. But I subscribe for the science. Though I agree the woman has a voice one can listen to for a long time.

    • @SumitPalTube
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      @@fwcolb Is there a neutral English?

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      @@SumitPalTube Not sure, but I think Californian English. Here are Ivona voices that are close to neutral, Joey (US) and Brian (UK). I have worked with engineers from Melbourne and Perth Australia who have fairly neutral voices. Some younger Canadians have neutral voices. Language changes and local dialects die out.

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      @HappyMathDad Před 3 lety

      She is an amazing person. The writing is really good, and it elevates her speech.

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      I was going to say the same. I also love her accent. I would love it if my phone could navigate in her voice.

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    @MadMadDude Před 3 lety

    Great Video.. Thank You for putting this out. Please keep them coming :-)

  • @elijahvivio1996
    @elijahvivio1996 Před 3 lety +1

    Simply having a new mechanism for fusion, which the research proves, gives a toehold for engineering and optimization that will hopefully lead somewhere useful. I didn't even know about the momentum confinement stuff. Great video.

  • @EricCosner
    @EricCosner Před 3 lety +149

    Ironically Voyager 1 and 2’s radio isotopes were powered by a star that went supernova before our sun was born. 😄

    • @delphicdescant
      @delphicdescant Před 3 lety +28

      Ah, so they aren't leaving the cradle. At their hearts, the Voyagers are just trying to get home.

    • @frogjump114
      @frogjump114 Před 3 lety +14

      since those two spacecraft are powered by rtg's using plutonium (pu 238 if i am not mistaken), and the half life of pu 238 is 87 years then i'm going to say that the fuel on those spacecraft was cooked up in a reactor on earth in the 20th century and not in a star that went nova before our sun was born.

    • @EricCosner
      @EricCosner Před 3 lety +11

      @@frogjump114 haha... well that reactor’s energy which comes from uranium was created when a star went supernova. Even though plutonium is man-made, the source of the energy did not come from our sun :)

    • @JasonKerlin
      @JasonKerlin Před 3 lety +5

      @@EricCosner Bullshit. Prove it. Hypotheticals are not proof.

    • @stew6302
      @stew6302 Před 3 lety

      They do not exist

  • @johnaweiss
    @johnaweiss Před 3 lety +13

    "Maybe even enough for a humble existence."

  • @polyMATHY_Luke
    @polyMATHY_Luke Před 3 lety +1

    You’re so charming and charismatic! 😍 I love your videos. Wonderfully well done.

  • @dpsdps01
    @dpsdps01 Před 3 lety

    Short Answer: "Maybe" - but amazing channel and great content! Fantastic narration as well :D Keep up the great work.

  • @pranaygodha488
    @pranaygodha488 Před 3 lety +11

    Hey.. are you a PhD or a post-doc or something! This, by far, may be the most complicated subject you have handled... and boy, you seem to be so much at ease! Kudos to your team and you 👏🏼👍🏼

    • @gametrixon727
      @gametrixon727 Před 3 lety

      She is a girl...not a boy

    • @Sanquinity
      @Sanquinity Před 3 lety +2

      @@gametrixon727 The "boy" part is an expression, not calling her a boy...
      As for the subject. You don't need a PhD to research some publicly available articles on the internet, put it in a script, and then read said script on camera. Is she smart? Yea, most likely she is. Does she have a PhD? Not necessarily.

    • @bjornolson6527
      @bjornolson6527 Před 2 lety

      @@Sanquinity Kinetic (as she pronounces the word) informs the probability of her holding a BS degree.

    • @Sanquinity
      @Sanquinity Před 2 lety

      @@bjornolson6527 Way to assume, just from a single pronunciation of a word by a non-native speaker.

  • @ianhollands1641
    @ianhollands1641 Před 3 lety +5

    Fusion energy has been just round the corner for the last sixty years and it still is . This totally different approach just may be the elusive answer

    • @jfangm
      @jfangm Před 3 lety +1

      We won't have commercially viable fusion before the end of the century, if ever.

  • @MatthewCrawford
    @MatthewCrawford Před 3 lety

    Just found your channel and really enjoyed your content. Thanks for making cool videos :)

  • @ankurgaur3620
    @ankurgaur3620 Před 3 lety +1

    Wow, so close to 100k now..
    Been here since 13k subs..
    Really happy to see the growth 😊😊

  • @brucehagan4934
    @brucehagan4934 Před 3 lety +72

    Isn't acceleration measured in m/sec^2

    • @AllenLinnenJr
      @AllenLinnenJr Před 3 lety +12

      Yes. Such a fundamental mistake kind of ruins the video for me. They fail.

    • @geoffb3240
      @geoffb3240 Před 3 lety +1

      and calling atoms 'molecules' - pfft!

    • @ericcovington7125
      @ericcovington7125 Před 3 lety

      Why yes it is.

    • @cmilkau
      @cmilkau Před 3 lety +1

      Bremsstrahlung already contains the term "radiation" (Strahlung).

    • @nyxawesome9409
      @nyxawesome9409 Před 3 lety

      Yep, was thinking the same...

  • @shayanroychoudhury9066
    @shayanroychoudhury9066 Před 3 lety +3

    Thanks for providing a balanced view without any hype.
    One small nitpick: acceleration is measured in meter per second square (m/s^2) not m/s as it is the rate of change of velocity (m/s) per unit time (/s). The 'per seconds' get multiplied in the denominator.

    • @pattheplanter
      @pattheplanter Před 3 lety

      True. Considering the subtle correctness of the colloquial explanations, I was surprised.
      If you are on a Microsoft thing you can use Character Map¹ to get superscript numbers and a lot more useful characters, so m/s².
      ¹Go to Start → Windows Accessories. Then pin it to your task bar and set it to Advanced View.

    • @gyrateful
      @gyrateful Před 3 lety

      She addresses that in another person's comment.

  • @pranavmando1090
    @pranavmando1090 Před 3 lety

    This is so good. Nicely explained, keep it up guys.

  • @lionsnetonu
    @lionsnetonu Před 3 lety

    Your presentation of the beauty of science (simple flow of deduced logic) is extremely engaging and refreshing. Thank You for this video. :)

  • @johnassal5838
    @johnassal5838 Před 3 lety +30

    Kudos for hinting at what I suspect is an underappreciated aspect of this new approach. Which may be as an explanation of the odd but rare positive results from some "cold fusion" or Low Energy Nuclear Reactions (LENR) experiments.
    The setup was different yet still involved doping electrodes of rare earth metals in much the same way though with non isotopic Hydrogen and titanium rather than deuterium and palladium rods. While this lattice confinement still requires and outside gamma source to initiate a reaction we actually see random gamma rays occasionally raining down from cosmic rays... Possibly just often enough to initiate a reaction in a similair setup yet remain mystifyingly inconsistent, as if there were a critical element only occuring at random like a proverbial bolt from out of the blue.

    • @theLuigiFan0007Productions
      @theLuigiFan0007Productions Před 3 lety +2

      I was thinking similarly, because I'v always believed it to be possible, just we're not attempting it correctly. The cold fusion experiments were unable to be reproduced reliably, when results came at all. I know as a matter of fact, that electrolyzing water concentrates deuterium levels, and that the nickel, titanium and palladium electrodes will absorb hydrogen in general. That coincidentally makes them rather.... explosive when mishandled if they'v been in service for quite some time, but is besides the point.
      So, to summarize the occasional positive results, here's my theory:
      Water is electrolyzed in cells for extended periods of time, and only topped up in the cells when low. This causes gradual concentration of deuterium within the remaining water and the electrode structure. Occasionally, a gamma ray or neutron with enough energy to split a deuterium atom comes along. This initiates a successful fusion reaction within the metal electrode structure. There's not a pure enough concentration of deuterium vs hydrogen for the reaction to continue indefinitely, so it's short lived. This results in random, sporadic temperature spikes as claimed to have been observed in the experiments.

    • @jfangm
      @jfangm Před 3 lety

      Cold fusion has never had independently verified positive results.

    • @johnassal5838
      @johnassal5838 Před 3 lety

      @@jfangm Yeah. Yet enough inconsistent results appear including from more reputable groups that keep it from going away. Almost like one or more unrecognized factors are present or absent in a semi random pattern. Ya know, such as with cosmic rays reaching the surface of the planet when someone happens to be running an experiment one day but not the next..

    • @jfangm
      @jfangm Před 3 lety

      @@johnassal5838
      Inconsistent results are evidence that it ISN'T real, not evidence that it could be. If it were real, a stray cosmic ray or two wouldn't affect the results of an experiment. And there is no such thing as a "semi-random pattern" if it's a pattern, it isn't random, and if it's random, it can't be a pattern, there is no in-between.

    • @johnassal5838
      @johnassal5838 Před 3 lety

      @@jfangm if you watch the vid or read anything you didn't write you'd see the topic was a possible condensed matter fusion reaction _triggered_ by a burst of energy. This external burst of energy being analogous to _cosmic rays_ and it further being the biggest difference between this setup and the old cold fusion experiments.
      Btw, cosmic rays reaching the surface of the Earth are only "semi random" in that the sun itself skews it a little both by its own emissions (making them more common from it's direction) and over time since the varying strength of the solar wind at times reduces the number of interstellar cosmic rays coming into Earths atmosphere. Of course the odds of a cosmic ray intersecting a cold fusion experiment (and functioning *exactly* like the trigger in *this* concept) is just simply random. Does that make you feel better now???
      The fact of inconsistent results is *inconsistent* you dullard. Forcing it into any other category doesn't make it anything other than evidence of your own bias. It is also consistent with the effect of one or more unknown or underappreciated elements that you'd be surprised occam's razor doesn't exclude. You seem to think that principle would amount to "the simplest explanation is always best" when it's actually "the simplest explanation that *even accounts for the inconvenient inconsistencies* is best" sparky. Such as the possibility that a previously unaccounted factor like cosmic rays could've been in play.
      Had you taken your head out of your own rear end I wouldn't be trying to explain that to you for the third time in three comments.
      Tl;dr: The most obvious pattern here is you don't read or reason nearly as well as you think. Also you're a bit of an ignorant prick. Fuqoff.

  • @pepkin88
    @pepkin88 Před 3 lety +54

    1:18 Shouldn't the unit of acceleration be m/(s^2), instead of just m/s?

    • @TechforLudditesSira
      @TechforLudditesSira  Před 3 lety +30

      Yeah...long time since we had to use those units and it shows 😓

    • @pepkin88
      @pepkin88 Před 3 lety +3

      @@TechforLudditesSira :) sorry for nit-picking, thanks for the video

    • @harryyrrah8543
      @harryyrrah8543 Před 3 lety +4

      @@TechforLudditesSira Shouldn't we take the thrust of rocket engines like Electric ion engines or raptor engines for comparing the speed and acceleration in space? Probably not an aircraft. Maybe I'm wrong. Would really like to know.

    • @TechforLudditesSira
      @TechforLudditesSira  Před 3 lety +6

      Well that’s what we wanted to do... but it was too hard to do constant thrust calculations taking into account speed of light, relativistic mass etc 😰
      We suck at math it looks like.

    • @danmortenson5274
      @danmortenson5274 Před 3 lety

      @@harryyrrah8543 The thrust would be what she said it was, and note also that she specifically disallowed reference in that comparison to things like oxygen to drive the jets... Other than that, the comparison worked for her purposes.
      But to your point no: "probably not" an aircraft...

  • @charlottemarceau8062
    @charlottemarceau8062 Před 3 lety +1

    Thanks for making this video, i wondered what your thoughts would be considering your views on fusion in your other fusion video :)

  • @adamhunger1533
    @adamhunger1533 Před 3 lety

    Love your use of language. Adds enjoyment to the presentation. Nice job.

  • @buttsexandbananapeels
    @buttsexandbananapeels Před 3 lety +14

    “The sun will not let us out of its resplendent shadow unless we grow.” Eloquent.

  • @googletaqiyya184
    @googletaqiyya184 Před 3 lety +16

    We are sitting on a vast molten metal ball. Last I checked that is energy enough to heat the same water we do with Nuke plants. There is a cave only 1000 feet down a shaft in Mexico with a constant temp over 200 degrees. My guess is that it is even hotter further down. Hell gravity takes the cold water down and physics brings it back as steam to drive electric turbines.

    • @ItsaDigitalHamster
      @ItsaDigitalHamster Před 3 lety +3

      But I want electricity HERE, NOW, in the middle of a thick continental plate with no tectonic activity or geysers for hundreds of kilometres!

    • @klausklaus9112
      @klausklaus9112 Před 3 lety +3

      but if everybody would start using that source wouldn't in time make the core colder ... therefore less fluid , less mobile and in return we'll have less shielding against radiation ? ... Enjoying cheap energy now so that future generations would enjoy a painful microwave death later ... ?

    • @dogwithacoolhat
      @dogwithacoolhat Před 3 lety +1

      @@klausklaus9112 thermal energy doesn’t steal heat from the earth’s core. The core of the earth is always slowly cooling off basically letting it’s energy radiate away and with the right tech you can get some energy off that cooling process that will happen no matter what.
      Also fun fact by the time the earth’s core will cool completely the sun would be dead.

    • @danieltoledo9383
      @danieltoledo9383 Před 3 lety +1

      @@dogwithacoolhat I think at this point you are arguing if the universe is a closed entropic system. Whether the heat taken at s affects y like an ac loop. I think it is.

    • @PhilipX2030
      @PhilipX2030 Před 3 lety

      @@klausklaus9112 interesting line of thought, but doubt it! Let's do the math.
      It's like oil companies saying (to Trump) that too many wind turbines will slow down the wind... 'yes, and no'. Not appreciably!

  • @lowstringc
    @lowstringc Před 3 lety +1

    I have such a nerd-crush on you and your channel! You do such a fantastic job of being interesting, clear, and fun to watch! Thank you for such great work!

  • @Shkunk1
    @Shkunk1 Před 3 lety +1

    Great video!
    Also, I really like the name of your channel.

  • @tsamuel6224
    @tsamuel6224 Před 3 lety +11

    I thought of an energy threshold you missed, the energy of hysteresis, the de-Gaussing energy. For species that use Earth's magnetic field for navigation, the de-Gaussing energy for whatever internal biological magnetic compass they have is important. Humans can use Earth's magnetic field for navigation, but I don't think the majority of people still have the genetics for that ability. But it's far more important for creatures with wings, many of which use Earth's magnetic field for navigation. I've seen an experiment where they stuck 2 identical cell phones in honey bee hives, one turned on and the other turned off. The hive with the phone turned on experienced hive collapse in about a week. The only mechanism that comes to mind is de-Gaussing, but there is nothing scientific about the experiment. Cell phones are pinged by the network, so the phone being pinged would be the most likely explanation for hive collapse. But is it the frequency, the energy level, the ping repetition rate, or even something less obvious like the brand or age of the batteries used? Had a university done the experiment they would have asked and answered not just those questions but a dozen more questions I'm not going to try to think of. It's an important energy threshold that can be damaging, and we appear to have little or no scientific studies on the subject. If you update this video or cover a related topic, could you also cover what frequencies are the most likely to cause de-Gaussing whatever biological magnetic compass various creatures have, or if we even have enough peer reviewed science on the subject to say much at all. Thanks in advance, I enjoy your videos.

    • @johnwalczak9202
      @johnwalczak9202 Před 3 lety

      really? biological magnetic compass ?? :)

    • @isaachale9658
      @isaachale9658 Před 3 lety

      @@johnwalczak9202 u a dummy rr sumthin John?

    • @Rick-the-Swift
      @Rick-the-Swift Před 3 lety

      @@isaachale9658 hw smrt r u? Cn u stll undrstnd me evn f I dnt use vwls?

    • @johnwalczak9202
      @johnwalczak9202 Před 3 lety

      @@isaachale9658 there was a notion that birds can navigate using magnetic field. it was disproved. Birds have excellent sense of smell, but no magnetic sensors. sharks can sense electric potential in the water. so far nobody has demonstrated ability to sense magnetic field by animals

  • @exobodyfoundation4472
    @exobodyfoundation4472 Před 3 lety +12

    Chemist here, crystalline confinement of fusion interactions is extremely promising. Curious to see if there are better candidates than erbium.

    • @anydaynow01
      @anydaynow01 Před 3 lety +3

      Yep time to start mining for Dilithium crystals!

    • @AltMarc
      @AltMarc Před 3 lety

      Meta-materials ?

    • @RandomGamer-qy6ys
      @RandomGamer-qy6ys Před 2 lety

      @@anydaynow01 well, there are similar crystals to dilithium just that there is no sub space. Until we can charge plasma to fusion levels we can’t create enough energy to charge the effect that created the warp bubble. Which are the negative mass rings or you could use positive mass lining up the soliton emitters in a pylon attached to the sides of the ship to generate equal amounts of warp bubble.

  • @ozgurileri2966
    @ozgurileri2966 Před 3 lety

    A nicely constructed educational video which has also quality. Ma'am you have a new sub!

  • @jurgisnekrosius9561
    @jurgisnekrosius9561 Před 3 lety +1

    This channel keeps me motivated to study physics, I literally understand 20% of what she is explaining.

  • @renatoalcides5104
    @renatoalcides5104 Před 3 lety +111

    Now that's a million dolar voice .

    • @juliarekamie
      @juliarekamie Před 3 lety +8

      ✔️✔️👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻 And the pronunciation 🌞🌞🌞

    • @Baronstone
      @Baronstone Před 3 lety +5

      Uh no, not even close

    • @wisdomlounge4452
      @wisdomlounge4452 Před 3 lety +5

      Million dollar voice? You bet! Who wouldn't want to pay a million dollars for such a perfectly monotone tech support call center-like voice? Even when she "joked" around about not knowing the density of Deuterium, she didn't break down like most of us, maintaining that robotic-like voice. Lesser mortals like myself would have totally changed tone of voice at that moment and then completely lose it by laughing (imagine that!) - but not her! Her unwavering steady voice almost put me to sleep, but it's all good. Come on y'all! Pay the woman a million bucks! - LMAO!!!👍😆

    • @Martian74
      @Martian74 Před 3 lety +3

      And a $2 haircut.

    • @MyVoiceCalgary
      @MyVoiceCalgary Před 3 lety +1

      sooo many haters. shessh.

  • @steffenk3807
    @steffenk3807 Před 3 lety +3

    Clear, refreshing entertaining and informing! I love the humour. The lovely lady reminds a little of a female Mr Bean! Keep up the good work!

  • @jordannainoca230
    @jordannainoca230 Před 3 lety +1

    That made so much sense and incredibly exciting.

  • @jordanwood5992
    @jordanwood5992 Před 3 lety

    Came for the answer to the question. Stayed for the commentary. You actually made this rather interesting

  • @rahulray5411
    @rahulray5411 Před 3 lety +13

    You should start patreon for this channel. Many people will be willing to support it

  • @simoncorporation3
    @simoncorporation3 Před 3 lety +3

    I have always had an interests low energy nuclear reactions AKA "Cold Fusion" . She( narrator) is concise, I have no formal credentials or education in the field she speaks of, but with books I have read & a background in electrical tech I grasp what was explained. This is not so "Luddite". Good job either way.

  • @gautamsen9639
    @gautamsen9639 Před 3 lety

    Superb exposition! More power to your elbow! Congratulations from a fellow academic!

  • @LP-fy8wr
    @LP-fy8wr Před 3 lety

    This was excellently presented. Subbed!!

  • @TheTwick
    @TheTwick Před 3 lety +4

    Yes. I lived through ‘cold fusion’ but lets give it another look. Good work!

  • @dastron6939
    @dastron6939 Před 3 lety +3

    Idk why this was just recommended to me but I’m glad it was. Although I’m still not on the cold fusion hype train until I see some practical results.... if we ever get any

    • @stefanr8232
      @stefanr8232 Před 3 lety +1

      Its not really "cold fusion" if they have an electron beam generating gamma rays with multiple megaelectron volt energies. In the ITER setup the magnets are cold too.

  • @ionationat3570
    @ionationat3570 Před 3 lety

    So many things to learn in your life. Huge knowledge to get. Scinces, needs, obligations. A lot of challenges.
    No time even for sleep. And you must get from all.- Excellent presentation & issue. Thanks!

  • @theonlymudgel
    @theonlymudgel Před 3 lety

    Enjoying the quality of your videos. You should tell us more of your background.

  • @RohanYadav-fj2mf
    @RohanYadav-fj2mf Před 3 lety +4

    Acceleration: a unit m/s2.... Your content is amazing 😍❤️

    • @pattheplanter
      @pattheplanter Před 3 lety

      If you are on a Microsoft thing you can use Character Map¹ to get superscript numbers and a lot more useful characters, so m/s².
      ¹Go to Start → Windows Accessories. Then pin it to your task bar and set it to Advanced view.

    • @RohanYadav-fj2mf
      @RohanYadav-fj2mf Před 3 lety

      @@pattheplanter Got it.... 👍

  • @markjeranek9802
    @markjeranek9802 Před 3 lety +3

    Nice to meet you. This is a fantastic channel. I love your videos. Heat from the center of the Earth is not from the sun, we have mines here in the United States that are some 2 miles deep where the temperature is over 120 degrees F. That heat, energy, does not emanate from the sun. The tides are not caused by the sun. The moon pulls on the great bodies of water and even on us. All energy does NOT start with the sun, just MOST of it. Even Jupiter puts out more energy than it receives. Some advice from an old scientist, try to never use the terms 'always' and 'never.' There are almost always exceptions and part of being a good scientist is being open to the unknown and being ready to admit you were wrong and open to new discoveries that can dash what you thought you 'knew.' There are very very few laws in science for a reason. Do not be complacent in what you see as proven knowledge.

    • @Rick-the-Swift
      @Rick-the-Swift Před 3 lety +1

      Hi, nice to meet you too. The tides are somewhat caused by the sun in that the sun keeps the temperature of H20 in a fluid state where it can easily move to and fro. Take away the sun, and the oceans may freeze solid or dry up altogether. Take away the moon and there would still be tidal activity caused by the sun.
      Also it took more energy to create/start Jupiter than it currently puts out. 🧐 🤓

  • @davidspencer1558
    @davidspencer1558 Před 3 lety

    Love the whole approach it and wonderfully written. Thank you.

  • @lannyhoover1625
    @lannyhoover1625 Před 3 lety +1

    Love the attitude and writing style!

  • @roy04
    @roy04 Před 3 lety +11

    If my understanding is correct, electrons can’t slow down, only move to a specific lower energy state, which results in the emission of the gamma photon. But then again, you have to supply energy to move the electron to a higher energy state in the first place. Idk, quantum physics is hard
    EDIT: Nevermind, it was *free flowing* electrons

    • @roy04
      @roy04 Před 3 lety

      @@Eljefe003 Gamma rays _are_ photons. Of a significantly higher frequency than visible light. But as I said, I missed the part where it said free-flowing electrons

    • @Eljefe003
      @Eljefe003 Před 3 lety

      @@roy04 agreed.

  • @BallyBoy95
    @BallyBoy95 Před 3 lety +4

    Your videos are absolutely perfect. Don't stop! Keep going. Love the knowledge, presentation style and the witty jokes that make their way in.
    I'm personally more hopeful for Thorium molten-salt reactors. Given we've been hearing about fusion forever, and it's never come to fruition. It's quite dissapointing sadly.

    • @Rick-the-Swift
      @Rick-the-Swift Před 3 lety +1

      Please don't give this guy any more information regarding cold fusion- he is just looking to blow us all up!!!

  • @Shaolin9424
    @Shaolin9424 Před 3 lety

    Exciting possibilities with a superb narration.

  • @raghu7174
    @raghu7174 Před 3 lety +2

    Interesting concept. Shall read more into this. It would be awesome if you could do a video about 'asteroid mining' or 'interplanetary economics'

    • @avinashkumarmandavilli8623
      @avinashkumarmandavilli8623 Před 3 lety +1

      Good seed for new video
      If we have details like how Luxembourg is setting up laws for asteroid mining and how Australia mining University is thinking about having course on this etc... Also in space manufacturing is also good tppic

    • @wolframstahl1263
      @wolframstahl1263 Před 3 lety

      Fascinating topic, I'd love to see more about that! Already enjoyed reading up on it in _Soonish_ by Zach & Kelly Weinersmith.

  • @armhanson
    @armhanson Před 3 lety +3

    exciting. now all we need are engineers who can design low-impact point-singular thrusters and we gots Star Wars space ships!!

  • @punchfukker3383
    @punchfukker3383 Před 3 lety +7

    there is no such thing as darkness, merely the absence of light.

    • @Rick-the-Swift
      @Rick-the-Swift Před 3 lety

      Actually there is no such thing as light- but merely the absence of darkness. ;)

    • @Rick-the-Swift
      @Rick-the-Swift Před 3 lety

      @Non Bel_Eever I concede, your explanation is better :)

  • @Buzzhumma
    @Buzzhumma Před 3 lety

    I could listen to your voice for the rest of my life!