The SCIENCE! - Fusion Cores in Fallout 4 EXPLAINED

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  • @krisnewbern7445
    @krisnewbern7445 Před rokem +373

    Dear past Austin, in less than 10 years we managed to do nuclear fusion, congrats!

    • @ragabashmoon1551
      @ragabashmoon1551 Před rokem +21

      I know right? So crazy.

    • @rexevans100
      @rexevans100 Před rokem +42

      Too bad we will never see it used in our life time due to corporate greed, and shit politics.

    • @anon_y_mousse
      @anon_y_mousse Před 10 měsíci +16

      At the time he made this video we had already achieved nuclear fusion, and he acknowledged as much in the video. What we still haven't managed to do, is make it cheaper, room temperature, or sustainable.

    • @brickmylife7184
      @brickmylife7184 Před 10 měsíci +8

      @@anon_y_mousse That's exactly what the OP is talking about, we've managed to make sustained (albeit for very short times at once), and do it at a rate that uses an equal amount of energy to create or slightly less (the main issue Austin mentioned we hadn't been able to do yet back when this video was made). It's still very tedious and expensive, but it is basically at the point of Doc Ock's fusion reactor in Spider-Man 2.

    • @anon_y_mousse
      @anon_y_mousse Před 10 měsíci +2

      @@brickmylife7184 That may or may not be what he meant, but absent qualifiers I can only analyze the direct statement, and the direct statement is factually incorrect. However, if he had meant to use the qualifiers that I used, then he'd still be factually incorrect as we still haven't achieved any of those goals either.

  • @francescocasillas4965
    @francescocasillas4965 Před 5 lety +2116

    Remember guys, all this fusion tech exists because the guy that invented the microchip died in a car accident, while in our universe, he didn't.

    • @sonpopco-op9682
      @sonpopco-op9682 Před 5 lety +199

      Do you mean Jack Kirby? While he is considered the lead inventor, others were named and involved. If Jack Kirby had never worked for Texas Instruments, someone else would have invented ICs, if not in 1959, it would have happened eventually.
      Technology is like that. You reach a super-saturation point, and the invention happens, often at multiple locations.

    • @IsaiahMaster-ni2oj
      @IsaiahMaster-ni2oj Před 5 lety +28

      Wow... very riveting if you think about it.

    • @tacticaltentical7622
      @tacticaltentical7622 Před 5 lety +47

      WELL WE GOTTA FIX THAT DON’T WE

    • @joshskier
      @joshskier Před 5 lety +12

      @@sonpopco-op9682 i.e., the telephone

    • @bruh-nd2mx
      @bruh-nd2mx Před 5 lety +88

      Damn micro chips stopping the nuclear apocalypse

  • @theriolulad4808
    @theriolulad4808 Před 4 lety +1078

    "Microfusion Cells are incredibly rare."
    Me, with over 10,000 in Fallout 3: What?

    • @virtualomen3022
      @virtualomen3022 Před 4 lety +60

      I found this glitch for replicating fusion cells. Works for NV more than F3 but eh🤷‍♂️ eventually you will run out of fusion cells to collect or harvest from NPCs. So before you turn against your fave allies in the games to get more cells, simply approach a melee combatant. Drop a pistol or rifle with some charge, and drop 1, yes 1 cell in front of the weapon. If you get the combatant to approach you and walk over the weapon and ammo, they may pick it up to use against you, and their inventory will automatically refresh with more cells in their inventory. Harvest the combatant, open inventory and you will get 30+ cells back. I dont believe this works in F4 and F76 but it will work best on NV. On F3 enemies are more focused on you since it's harder to shoot their arms and make them drop their weapons.

    • @justinreisler4427
      @justinreisler4427 Před 4 lety +5

      DeLirIous RIOLU he probably means micro fusion core or micro fusion cell

    • @theriolulad4808
      @theriolulad4808 Před 4 lety +1

      @@justinreisler4427
      I have over a thousand of those too

    • @a_distant_figure7941
      @a_distant_figure7941 Před 3 lety

      Omg true

    • @mydogbuddy07
      @mydogbuddy07 Před 3 lety +7

      @@virtualomen3022
      Don't things replenish in Fallout NV?
      Surely you could just buy more ammo from a shop, or find respawning enemies or places to loot?

  • @eliasalsos6763
    @eliasalsos6763 Před 5 lety +739

    Top ten rappers eminen was too afraid to diss

  • @emilymccown7678
    @emilymccown7678 Před 4 lety +223

    He never told me to turn off the faucet. The water bill costs more than my house, please Austin, it's been 3 1/2 years!

  • @michaelmcgowan7779
    @michaelmcgowan7779 Před 5 lety +614

    Let's face it. A fusion core is an automotive ignition coil with a doorknob on the end and a fusion cell is a spin on oil filter.

    • @penguinsrockrgr8yt216
      @penguinsrockrgr8yt216 Před 3 lety +38

      I have many disagreements with this statement but I can’t argue against the facts

    • @cxx23
      @cxx23 Před 3 lety +16

      You just inadvertently gave us some great tips on how to make some easy DIY fusion cores and cells.

    • @cralixthegameking4408
      @cralixthegameking4408 Před 3 lety +2

      4:00 my favorite part

    • @cheesebone2818
      @cheesebone2818 Před 3 lety

      What

    • @zkmk8593
      @zkmk8593 Před 3 lety +4

      Who are you, that is so wise in the way of science?

  • @soup5344
    @soup5344 Před 4 lety +704

    Nuclear fusion in a nutshell: AN ATOM SMACKS ANOTHER ATOM SO HARD THEY BECOME ONE

    • @EnemyAtom65
      @EnemyAtom65 Před 4 lety +30

      That's what she said. (The she is a dirty minded scientist.)

    • @nullpoint3346
      @nullpoint3346 Před 4 lety +11

      @@EnemyAtom65
      The best ones are.

    • @phydeux
      @phydeux Před 4 lety +17

      More like two atoms that are happy by themselves are surrounded by so much peer pressure they're unable to resist combining to form a Cronenberg of their former selves throwing off energy left and right.

    • @criticalcrypt
      @criticalcrypt Před 4 lety +3

      That’s like slapping someone so hard you skin and stuff merge so now your hand is stuck on there face why does this not happen at slapping competition

    • @nullpoint3346
      @nullpoint3346 Před 4 lety +2

      @@criticalcrypt
      It takes a few minutes for skin to fuse, if its damaged.

  • @griffinellis5439
    @griffinellis5439 Před 4 lety +180

    10:25: ShoddyCast: LMS class locomotive train engine
    Video: Shows picture of an LNER J71.
    Me: Excuse me wtf

    • @Oliwerbro
      @Oliwerbro Před 4 lety +19

      I am sorry train master

    • @einloggen1000
      @einloggen1000 Před 4 lety +4

      Also used the unit milli watt instead of mega watt. Mega watt would be MW.

    • @paulhollier6382
      @paulhollier6382 Před 4 lety +7

      BEWARE, here there be Trivia Nazis!
      (Lol, I am also an overflowing cesspool of trivial knowledge, so I understand the need to correct, I really do. Just making a joke, plz don't take it the wrong way. It is perfectly ok for you to do "you".)

    • @thejuxtaposedjinty9140
      @thejuxtaposedjinty9140 Před 4 lety +5

      @@paulhollier6382 it literally says LNER on the side

    • @joshdeighton8636
      @joshdeighton8636 Před 3 lety +1

      Sorry train master, I bow down to you

  • @kiran5964
    @kiran5964 Před 7 lety +2298

    DO NOT MIX COCAINE WITH ENGINEERING!!!

  • @westonparker5940
    @westonparker5940 Před 7 lety +466

    1.28 gigawatts? Great scott, Marty!

    • @chryrian2488
      @chryrian2488 Před 7 lety +16

      haha someone else noticed

    • @andrewlagno9482
      @andrewlagno9482 Před 7 lety +8

      aw, geez, rick

    • @gamethiefs279
      @gamethiefs279 Před 7 lety +6

      oh I noticed but thought nothing of it cause IT TAKES 1.21 GIGAWATTS TO POWER THE DELOREN!!!!!!!!!!!!! also Epic Meow its back to the future not rick and morty (yay season three)

    • @andrewlagno9482
      @andrewlagno9482 Před 7 lety +1

      gamethiefs 279 i know, that was the joke

    • @gamethiefs279
      @gamethiefs279 Před 7 lety

      k just makin sure (yay season 3)

  • @lordofscience2370
    @lordofscience2370 Před 5 lety +168

    Me: clicks on video than wonders if it is a game theory or shodycast episode.
    Austin:says the word foreplay
    Me:thank god

    • @claytonkickflip7595
      @claytonkickflip7595 Před 3 lety

      Wow your name compared to your grammar is astonishing.

    • @luallual8180
      @luallual8180 Před 3 lety +10

      @@claytonkickflip7595 only thing wrong with his grammar is putting "than" instead of "then"... Why do you care even its probably just someone who doesn't live in an english speaking country. Cut him some slack

  • @chimerahitman
    @chimerahitman Před 5 lety +66

    Mega watts is abbreviated as MW. mW is milli-watt
    Time: 10m23s

  • @Hanzyl
    @Hanzyl Před 7 lety +442

    Don't know what I just watched, but I'm subscribing.

    • @theliveing
      @theliveing Před 7 lety +8

      Welcome.

    • @Graymaven90
      @Graymaven90 Před 7 lety +20

      One of us. One of us.

    • @Hanzyl
      @Hanzyl Před 7 lety +4

      Settle down, settle down...

    • @ff0732
      @ff0732 Před 7 lety +1

      And video games destroy your brain

    • @Ayelis
      @Ayelis Před 7 lety +3

      Case in point: "Anagalous". 2:00

  • @SunnyAznable
    @SunnyAznable Před 6 lety +117

    Did someone mention PRECIOUS TRITIUM?!
    The power of the Sun... in the palm of my hand!

    • @Blasted2Oblivion
      @Blasted2Oblivion Před 5 lety +10

      His plan would have been so much better with his stronger containment field if he had just used the same amount as the first experiment. I guess having your brain fried can affect your ability to make smart decisions.

    • @arstrob2y
      @arstrob2y Před 4 lety +2

      Is this a Toby Spiderman doc oc reference?!? I think you'd be fun at parties

    • @whiterunguard1434
      @whiterunguard1434 Před 4 lety

      Go away

    • @datboi7669
      @datboi7669 Před 4 lety

      @@arstrob2y that was my first impression too.

    • @nagihangot6133
      @nagihangot6133 Před 4 lety

      Settle down there, Father Elijah.

  • @MrKassNova
    @MrKassNova Před 4 lety +118

    DOC BROWN - " where am i gonna get 1.21 gigawatts from?"
    FALLOUT - " HOLD MY NUCLEAR FUSION CORE"
    ME- "CAN MY POWER ARMOUR TIME TRAVEL?"

    • @du-b8576
      @du-b8576 Před 4 lety +4

      If you install the flux capacitor mod and get going at 88 miles per hour

    • @nichsulol4844
      @nichsulol4844 Před 3 lety

      dow brown is figure out how travel to multiverse

    • @CrimesForDimes
      @CrimesForDimes Před 2 lety

      @@nichsulol4844 To be honest, I wouldn't be surprised if he did.

  • @welshrogue034
    @welshrogue034 Před 4 lety +43

    The way you combine actual knowledge with hilarious comedy is really a special attribute to why your videos are so good man.

  • @accumbularatedop5468
    @accumbularatedop5468 Před 7 lety +94

    So basically 62 days after Fallout 4 starts the entire wasteland would explode...again.

    • @KenshinKunsinagi
      @KenshinKunsinagi Před 7 lety +29

      No, the cores would only explode if their regulators were damaged.

    • @vabese
      @vabese Před 7 lety +18

      no... all old world cores in the game stop working 62 days after fallout 4 starts(if lore is consistent), it could have blown up during those 105 years the cells were just laying around...

    • @chrisridge5504
      @chrisridge5504 Před 7 lety

      in other words we should be able to find some extra blown up cities somewhere.

    • @vabese
      @vabese Před 7 lety +5

      +ChrisRidge it's possible but it will be hard to tell it apart from a city destroyed by nukes, the big difference is if it's been less than 50 years since it went off and if it's radioactive since most of the detectable rads dissipate in a 50 year span..

    • @KoeSeer
      @KoeSeer Před 7 lety

      oh shit, that means, I have to dump my empty FC somewhere at the Glowing Sea... because... basically it's a trash bin for nuclear material.

  • @random3x70
    @random3x70 Před 5 lety +395

    I always saw the fusion cores as high capacity batteries that have gained their charge from a fusion reactor of some kind. As they're called Fusion cores and Micro Fusion Cells. These are terms for batteries. These are not actively performing Fusion.
    As to why they run down despite powering a building for 2 centuries. Well, it's simple. They weren't powering the building. Think when you disconnect them does the entire building go dark. No the lights temporarily dim meaning there's an outside power source and the cores were most likely meant to be used as emergency generators.
    And considering running redundant lighting is a low power operation compared to a suit of armour that is often compared to a tank in power consumption in the Expanded lore. That's where you get your answer as to why they run dry quickly.
    A few side notes just for fun:
    With a decent bit of luck (and maybe saving before trying) you can pickpocket the fusion core out of a raiders armour. This forces them to exit the armour and become easier to kill, you also get a set of armour with the frame.
    You can exit you armour when the core is at 1% remaining charge remove the core and manually insert a full charge one and the value of the core doesn't change.

    • @deno202
      @deno202 Před 5 lety +8

      Really all you need is high sneak perk(I have 4) plus first perk of pickpocketing for steal cores. I'm Brotherhood Knight, but i like to steal their cores and armor when they are on the ground, my punishment for them for poorly flying and crashing Verdibirds every time :D P.S when you take the core of Raider or someone else, PA will still be "stolen", so if you exit that PA near you companions, they will dislike that(only Mccready likes that) :D

    • @quinntheking
      @quinntheking Před 5 lety +3

      if you sneak and take it out or shoot it out and make it explode of a power armored npc they end up getting back in it often and continue to do combat in the armor without a core

    • @a1dnk819
      @a1dnk819 Před 5 lety +13

      thats an extremely good explaination actually. I actually see that being the true explanation(within fallouts universe)

    • @Blackwatch8800
      @Blackwatch8800 Před 4 lety +9

      Except in Fallout 3 terminal log entries call microfusion cell a small fusion reactor.

    • @obamagaming3654
      @obamagaming3654 Před 4 lety

      @@deno202 just buy fusion cores they r pretty cheap

  • @SuperFriendBFG
    @SuperFriendBFG Před 4 lety +174

    I actually like the Fusion Core mechanic. It adds some counter-balance to the Power Armor's strengths. Personally, I'd say the cores should last maybe twice as long overall but that's about it. All in all, I do think Fallout 4 has the best implementation of Power Armor in terms of mechanics, if not balance.

    • @arandomfromtheinternet105
      @arandomfromtheinternet105 Před 4 lety +16

      Yeah seriously it lasts 200 years In a generator but half an hour in power armor

    • @ceoofchonk
      @ceoofchonk Před 4 lety +2

      SuperFriendBFG there is a perk that allows that

    • @argentin2306
      @argentin2306 Před 4 lety +8

      @@ceoofchonk I have that perk and like 200 hundred fusion cores

    • @talonvaughn6175
      @talonvaughn6175 Před 4 lety +13

      Fallout Nv is my favorite, I have beaten it 15 times, Fo4 is sorta meh to me, only beaten 2 times. But I do love the Power Armor in Fo4. Power armor in NV seems goofy now.

    • @luallual8180
      @luallual8180 Před 3 lety +8

      @@arandomfromtheinternet105 obviously bethesda wasnt making it realistic. Its also lore breaking, as the t-51 suits are supposed to use different type of power (forgot what its called) and its said in fallout 1 and 2 that power armor batteries last over hundreds of years. bethesda made it like that for game balance and nothing more

  • @FrostyFoxDrake
    @FrostyFoxDrake Před 4 lety +15

    Also, 5mm Remington is a rimmed cartridge, and is a rim-fire cartridge. The 5mm ammo in Fallout is center-fire, and is comparable to 7.62x51mm NATO, in shape and size (this is based off the assumption that the .308 cartridge in FO:4 is identical to its real-world counterpart) also, the box of “5mm” ammo is marked as 7.62x51mm NATO, which kinda odd, despite matching up with the real-world m134 minigun

  • @gamecrow8354
    @gamecrow8354 Před 7 lety +47

    HOLY SHIT! First off, thank you. I feel accomplished today for being mentioned in a video. Sucks that I really despise editing because now I want to get back in the upload game (my editing software sucks majorly and I am BROKE). Also, thank you for doing the math for us. I tried taking into consideration decay over the years, but kept throwing it aside (possibly subconsciously) to the fact that not every core you find is in use. So like an idiot I threw out idle decay. But more importantly, you solved MY issue (because the comments on the last video got way out of hand, down to it not even being about fusion cores, but if synths could really blend in with human society. I stopped following along after a while, especially with some of the silly things people were saying like how fusion generators just power light bulbs. I'm starting to get long winded.)
    BUT REALLY, THANK YOU! This also means that whenever we get another fallout game, we can call total bullshit on there being power armor and gatling lasers unless they give a way to recharge them, which I would suspect would only be possible by organizations like the BoS, Institute (which is most likely lore blown up), and the Enclave (also blown up). And then we can revisit this issue (in 8 years with our luck) in Fallout 5.
    Until next time, later! -Crow

    • @gamecrow8354
      @gamecrow8354 Před 7 lety +1

      +ShoddyCast Austin, again. Thank you for settling it all at last.

    • @TheTheawesomeguy35
      @TheTheawesomeguy35 Před 7 lety

      pirate it

    • @ViktorSinister
      @ViktorSinister Před 7 lety +2

      My prediction for Fallout 5: The aliens finally get sick of our shit and wipe out all of humanity. Fusion core problem solved.

    • @oldnotweak
      @oldnotweak Před 7 lety

      humans are the ultimate power though so when they try to wipe us out they just end up driving us to THEIR home planet instead

    • @Spartan11117777
      @Spartan11117777 Před rokem

      I know I am really late at replying but ever since Fallout 76 came out, Bethesda added in the ability to recharge Fusion Cores in that one. But Fallout 76 takes place 185 Years before Fallout 4 happens so that Fusion Recharger Tech might just be Lost Technology at this point.

  • @cheesushcrust4545
    @cheesushcrust4545 Před 7 lety +61

    Austin, your kelvin joke was awesome

  • @JoseRodriguez-eu5ez
    @JoseRodriguez-eu5ez Před 4 lety +157

    *About to take a big sip of water*
    "Oh no...no no no..."

  • @blazeoftherazgrizsquadron9306
    @blazeoftherazgrizsquadron9306 Před 9 měsíci +6

    I'll say this Austin.. you've taught me more about fission and fusion in less than 20 minutes compared to the 5 or so years I learned in highschool. Or really just school in general. Really goes to show that presentation is the key factor in teaching. This is how you get people interested in fields of study, especially in the younger crowd.

  • @2k-kane18
    @2k-kane18 Před 7 lety +140

    I actually understand this... Holy shit, thank you Chemistry.

    • @shadowranger937
      @shadowranger937 Před 7 lety +3

      no just thank yourself for not being an idiot. Unless you actually followed along that time-lapse of him doing math.

    • @2k-kane18
      @2k-kane18 Před 7 lety +3

      +Alex Gluch (ShadowRanger) I think I'll go with thanking Chemistry... it'll make the feeling of baby-sitting class mates and explaining them concepts out teacher failed to explain for a while year worth it.

    • @2k-kane18
      @2k-kane18 Před 7 lety +2

      +2K-Kane *whole

    • @shadowranger937
      @shadowranger937 Před 7 lety

      2K-Kane sighs slowly* ok
      btw in a way that wasn't demeaning or whatever. XD

    • @leenone1241
      @leenone1241 Před 7 lety +1

      I'm glad somebody does, my brain is broken

  • @michaelrosenstock9187
    @michaelrosenstock9187 Před 7 lety +129

    11:26 put it on 0.5 speed to get DrunkyCast

    • @Archris17
      @Archris17 Před 7 lety +6

      Okay, thank you so much for that. That just made my day.

    • @echoness_
      @echoness_ Před 7 lety +6

      lol, jez that is a waaaaaaaaaaaaay lot of fun. If you put it on 2x speed that sounds like Austin is actually shooting Gatling laser with his mouth.

    • @geoshark5637
      @geoshark5637 Před 7 lety +1

      when you slow it down it sounds like he's drunk

    • @retrofittedsunshine1062
      @retrofittedsunshine1062 Před 7 lety +2

      thank you so much!!!

    • @michaelrosenstock9187
      @michaelrosenstock9187 Před 7 lety

      holy shit you"r right XD

  • @OlaftheGreat
    @OlaftheGreat Před 5 lety +19

    11:26 - 14:26
    That was absolutely exhilarating. It's like pure cocaine...but SCIENCE!!!

  • @FrostyFoxDrake
    @FrostyFoxDrake Před 4 lety +12

    Atoms: reach 100 mil K°
    Atoms: *i’M FaST AS F-hEcK, BOi*

  • @CAPEDCRUSADER3900
    @CAPEDCRUSADER3900 Před 7 lety +352

    I wish ShoddyCast was my science or math teacher I would love to be in a science or math class with him.

    • @jasonpowerz360
      @jasonpowerz360 Před 6 lety +3

      Noah Quintana
      Why not both lol

    • @ericthemadscientist8357
      @ericthemadscientist8357 Před 6 lety +3

      "Scienmath"

    • @anon9579
      @anon9579 Před 6 lety +7

      Using comedy to teach that would be awesome more students would pay attention

    • @thureintun1687
      @thureintun1687 Před 5 lety +1

      He can only be your *meth* teacher

    • @MeatPlanet
      @MeatPlanet Před 5 lety +8

      Idk man. I feel like he would return some of my homework with "MAKES NO GODDAMN SENSE" scrawled in red ink all over it. :(

  • @LuisCabrera-sp1wj
    @LuisCabrera-sp1wj Před 7 lety +181

    most difficult fap
    don't judge me

  • @raidenpz
    @raidenpz Před 5 lety +10

    I always viewed them as a car battery, needed to start up the actual thing generating power, and maintaining operation if the actual energy producing component is damaged. The explosions that occur when you shoot a fusion core off a power armor user or a robot may be due to the same reason modern electrical cars combust in flames when the batteries get damaged in a crash.

  • @vadimblyat5436
    @vadimblyat5436 Před 4 lety +19

    I always taught the sun itself is a fusion reactor with all the plasma inside it

    • @dhararry7929
      @dhararry7929 Před rokem +1

      It is.

    • @KYCDK
      @KYCDK Před rokem +1

      it is, in the very core of the star, there is so much gravity pushing the hydrogen together that it fuses it into helium, it doesn't require energy to do this as gravity is just naturally doing it, the energy then pushes against gravity keeping the star from collapsing

  • @tylerlewerenz4113
    @tylerlewerenz4113 Před 7 lety +46

    if you throw enough shit at a wall it will eventually stick.

  • @bavarianbanshee
    @bavarianbanshee Před 7 lety +273

    Dear Austin,
    Hi! It's me! Seth!
    "LMS locomotive train engine"?! What the hell, Austin?!
    The LMS was an English railway company (standing for "London, Midland and Scottish railway") that used engines built exclusively for them (a common practice for companies at the time). So the engines built for them were given names and designations - most commonly beginning with the term "class" - to keep track of them. One example is the class 3F. It was called a 3F because that was also its strength rating (other railway companies were much more imaginative with their designations). F represented Freight. There were also P for Passenger and MT for Mixed Traffic, which meant it could pull either freight or passengers effectively. The 3 in the designation is its power in its respective category. The highest strength rating in the F category is 9F, so a 3F is a relatively low power rating. So, since each class usually belonged to only one company, they would be referred to like "LMS class 3F". (Though modern enthusiast usually omit saying the word class when talking about locomotives unless they're diesel locomotives, but that's a topic for another day)
    And now for the picture you used!
    The engine in the picture does NOT belong to the LMS. As you can see written on the side, it belongs to the LNER (London and North-Eastern Railway).
    Dude! Come on! You're smarter than all of this! I know you are!
    This engine started its life as a NER (North-Eastern Railway, which was the basis for the amalgamation of companies that formed the LNER) class E. When the LNER formed, these locomotives (which were quite old by that time. almost 40 years old, in fact) were renamed J71.
    AND there's the problem of power!
    Going off of the J71 in the picture, since no LMS locomotive is specified, your information is WAY off. A J71 at its most common travel speed of about 30 miles per hour (13.4112 m/s), pulling the heaviest train it could while maintaining that speed, would only be producing 724.2048 kW, or 0.7242048 mW. And through long and difficult calculations, I determined that 0.7242048 is less than 2.06. Now, the most powerful LMS locomotive ever produced was the class 8F which could produce 3225.3936 kW or 3.2253936 mW. But there are engines that surpass the English strength rating system entirely. The Virginian Railway class AE is the strongest steam engine ever built (to my knowledge) with a fucking ridiculous 175,000 lbf of tractive effort. For reference, the J71 has only 12,130 lbf of tractive effort. You'd need 15 J71s to match one AE. But what does that mean to us? At a slightly generous operating speed of 30 mph under maximum load, the AE would be producing 10433.9136 kW or 10.4339136 mW of energy!
    And then to get nitpicky; "locomotive train engine" is a horribly redundant statement. "Locomotive is correct". "Engine" is also correct. "Train Engine", while being a very strange way of putting it, CAN also be considered correct. But smashing all of those together is like saying; "This is my new automobile driving car." or "I'm going to use the ATM money machine. I recommend using "Locomotive" from now on. That way; people will always know what you're talking about.
    Whew... I think I started turning into you while writing this..
    Better be careful! I might be doing your job soon! Just kidding! (not kidding)
    Sincerely,
    Seth

    • @Dragonafang
      @Dragonafang Před 7 lety +9

      Bavarian Banshee this is amazing have a cookie 🍪 XD

    • @bavarianbanshee
      @bavarianbanshee Před 7 lety +14

      +Dragon strike
      Thank you. It took way more time and effort than it was worth. *noms cookie*
      XD

    • @xoniec9272
      @xoniec9272 Před 7 lety +12

      So much work. So little likes. You probably have already ate the cookie from a month ago so here's a new one 🍪

    • @bavarianbanshee
      @bavarianbanshee Před 7 lety +5

      N'aww. Thanks.

    • @toxicflame765
      @toxicflame765 Před 7 lety +6

      Bavarian Banshee Dude you, 1. Have too much time on your hands, and 2. Are a F*CKING GOD.

  • @penguinsrockrgr8yt216
    @penguinsrockrgr8yt216 Před 3 lety +10

    “Do not mix cocaine with engineering”
    Yes

  • @thecomfyshirt
    @thecomfyshirt Před 3 lety +2

    I know this is 4 years old but I wanna say, I loved the kelvin joke, and appreciate literally any time anyone refers to kelvin.
    The sped up math and science was absolutely amazing! I know it’s kinda pompous to say but watching this makes me feel pretty smart. Also superiorly nerdy

  • @coldfusion1679
    @coldfusion1679 Před 7 lety +141

    So to beat the brotherhood, wait 2 months in game, and they'll all blow up, noted

    • @syrup3299
      @syrup3299 Před 7 lety +39

      Someone should make a mod based on that.

    • @Chokah
      @Chokah Před 7 lety +22

      Have it so Power Armored enemies might have their cores deplete in the middle of a fight. brilliant!

    • @aarnerissanen6628
      @aarnerissanen6628 Před 7 lety +4

      noooo

    • @MrWildcat28
      @MrWildcat28 Před 7 lety

      They could still move but at a snail walk space

    • @Elandil5
      @Elandil5 Před 7 lety +3

      what I did was hiting the cores with a 50.cal sniper rifle, they must get damaged to blow up.

  • @TibleUWU
    @TibleUWU Před 7 lety +432

    So I slowed the video down to .5
    He sounds drunk af

    • @TibleUWU
      @TibleUWU Před 7 lety

      Especially when he spdeoed up his voice audio to fit into the vi

    • @DevinOde1
      @DevinOde1 Před 7 lety +1

      I did exactly this. It's perfect.

    • @stevie_ily
      @stevie_ily Před 7 lety

      I did this at the speed round at the end, it actually sounded almost normal :p

    • @sevenproxies4255
      @sevenproxies4255 Před 7 lety +2

      Am I strange since I was actually able to follow and understand the monologue when he went into zero punctuation-mode?

    • @ethancummings1694
      @ethancummings1694 Před 7 lety

      soo funn

  • @alexford8618
    @alexford8618 Před 4 lety +11

    Fun fact! Before fallout 4, power armor was running off a micro fusion pack, not a core. That pack could have ended the war and prevented everything if it was further developed.

  • @Questionhex
    @Questionhex Před 5 lety +23

    you failed to mention the muon fusion of the actual 1950's, still an amazing video

  • @yamaan93
    @yamaan93 Před 7 lety +301

    the SCIENCE is the only reason i subscribed to this channel

  • @paulliu8502
    @paulliu8502 Před 7 lety +66

    I understood about 80% of it after watching the rant twice at full speed should I be proud

  • @inrevenant
    @inrevenant Před 5 lety +1

    You really make me smile; I appreciate your drive, as well as your work!

  • @spacemanjc
    @spacemanjc Před 4 lety +29

    Shoddy: "Strap yourself in!"
    Me: *looks around* * looks up*
    My mind: "No. why."
    Me: *Puts neck support on forehead*
    My mind: "WHY YOU PIECE OF PEA"

  • @mattwilliams4902
    @mattwilliams4902 Před 6 lety +230

    Fusion cores can power a building for two hundred years because they have help from the giant machine you find them in. It can hardly work as a legitimate power source on its own (as compared to when it's inside a fusion generator)

    • @brianschillke5747
      @brianschillke5747 Před 6 lety +9

      Matt Williams I pretty much said the same thing in my comment only it was less detailed

    • @brianschillke5747
      @brianschillke5747 Před 6 lety +24

      Matt Williams game Crow also needs to realize that we're talking about armor that amplifies strength and defense not to mention has a holographic system and can absorb fall damage like a sponge

    • @comradegarrett1202
      @comradegarrett1202 Před 5 lety +13

      also, when you snag a core from a generator, the light flickers briefly and then goes back on again. the core doesn't seem to be powering much at all.

    • @BIOSHOCKFOXX
      @BIOSHOCKFOXX Před 5 lety +4

      Damage is being absorbed only thanks to metal parts around it, it's not a force/energy shield that uses the core to apply it to armor, the weight is only thing you can count, since it will require enough power to move and lift heavy metal parts.

    • @lvl10cooking
      @lvl10cooking Před 5 lety +3

      I always thought that Fusion Cores acted as an ignition source to a bigger fusion reactor.

  • @KoeSeer
    @KoeSeer Před 7 lety +117

    Okay, you have to make the science behind Stimpak. And RadAway.

    • @L337f33t
      @L337f33t Před 7 lety +5

      I would so watch that, something about chemicals that stimulate cell growth being the way they work and finding a real world analogue.

    • @paulliu8502
      @paulliu8502 Před 7 lety +1

      Radaway too!

    • @nicoleboudreau2646
      @nicoleboudreau2646 Před 7 lety +2

      I always assume that needles that heal me in video games are just pain relievers and the actual healing is done later off screen.

    • @N10gamin
      @N10gamin Před 7 lety +4

      Radaway is simple, and if played fallout 1 or 2 you'd know that.
      RadAway is an intravenous chemical solution that bonds with radiation particles and passes them through the body's system. It takes some time to work, and is also a potent diuretic.
      You could basically just call it a IV of oh I don't know Graphene oxide or something, maybe even just sunflowers.

    • @Skoopman
      @Skoopman Před 7 lety

      Medicine in Fallout? :D

  • @Mytagforhalo
    @Mytagforhalo Před 5 lety +1

    i was so impressed with the work you put into this, that i actually watched the whole squarespace ad. haha.

  • @Rizebruh
    @Rizebruh Před 4 lety +3

    "yo wait, you got 1000 juuls, lemme have some".*Gets lit up by a goddamn minigun*

  • @bubonicplague626
    @bubonicplague626 Před 7 lety +250

    Remember don't mix cocaine and engineering. Unless you need to speak fast

    • @djvendetta2325
      @djvendetta2325 Před 6 lety +8

      Bird Thing nah that's not cocaine that's aderall

    • @iamdylann
      @iamdylann Před 6 lety

      Lol

    • @ariswitty99
      @ariswitty99 Před 6 lety +2

      What about mixing nuclear engineering and a devout love for the fallout series?

    • @nichsulol4844
      @nichsulol4844 Před 3 lety

      fusion laser look like a dyson sphere

    • @nichsulol4844
      @nichsulol4844 Před 3 lety

      water cocaine+helium=bfg 9000

  • @zurnan1953
    @zurnan1953 Před 7 lety +378

    I got your Kelvin joke.

    • @ExplosiveBG
      @ExplosiveBG Před 7 lety +6

      0 kelvin is the absolute zero, its pretty much the best way to observer cold temperatures.

    • @EvilParagon2
      @EvilParagon2 Před 7 lety +8

      We also could never see an object that is 0k, it could not reflect light as that would mean it is receiving energy.

    • @meeper123ad2
      @meeper123ad2 Před 7 lety

      Same

    • @heliveruscalion9124
      @heliveruscalion9124 Před 7 lety

      Evil Paragon 2 Cant Something Stay At 0k And Obsorb Energy?

    • @EvilParagon2
      @EvilParagon2 Před 7 lety +3

      0K means absence of heat, therefore absence of energy.
      Light carries heat, and when light bumps into something it leaves some heat behind.
      For you to be able to see something, light has to touch it. For something to be 0K, it must have no energy.
      Thus, we can never see a 0K object because if light touched it it wouldn't be 0K and if light didn't touch it we couldn't see it.

  • @morelligames8060
    @morelligames8060 Před 5 lety

    Amazing job. Thank you for putting so much work and thought into this. Great vid!

  • @Rigel_Chiokis
    @Rigel_Chiokis Před 3 lety

    This was, hands down, the most entertaining science lecture I've ever listened to.

  • @Lokpyrite
    @Lokpyrite Před 7 lety +18

    Naw, if you have the secret of fusion you'd be in an unmarked grave outside of Vegas.

  • @pathosfear6290
    @pathosfear6290 Před 7 lety +220

    As an engineer, your description of nuclear power plants made me uncomfortable xD

    • @robadc
      @robadc Před 7 lety +5

      How so?

    • @MegaBanne
      @MegaBanne Před 7 lety +5

      Because it is very unnerving.

    • @6611nitro
      @6611nitro Před 7 lety +50

      Because it's actually kind of scary how relatively simplistic our handling of one of the most dangerous natural force we know of on our planet is.

    • @TlalocTemporal
      @TlalocTemporal Před 7 lety +23

      +6611nitro -- It`s kind of scary how simplistic our handling of anything is, if you think about it. We just entered the age of knowledge, technology and practices are still in the dark ages of the cold war.

    • @MegaBanne
      @MegaBanne Před 7 lety +10

      6611nitro He was placing a stupid nuclear rod in a bucket of water, it is somewhat more to it than so.

  • @fish_stick4007
    @fish_stick4007 Před 4 lety +2

    I just learned more in this video than my whole life in school

  • @ryanrusch3976
    @ryanrusch3976 Před 5 lety +2

    Can you imagine how smart the Think Tank could have been if Mobius didn't change their programming and put them in a loop? They were the top scientists who produced Fusion and the Sierra Madre vending machines.

  • @dc2008242
    @dc2008242 Před 7 lety +114

    10:42 1.26 gigawatts..... that's so close to 1.21 gigawatts.......

    • @tomke009
      @tomke009 Před 7 lety +6

      i was thinking the same thing...

    • @232pk
      @232pk Před 7 lety +16

      And doc Brown actualy installed a reactor called mr fusion in the second movie.

    • @dc2008242
      @dc2008242 Před 7 lety +1

      828pk yeah, well that fused trash.....

    • @JohnDoe____
      @JohnDoe____ Před 7 lety

      (wasn't it 2.21 ?)

    • @RyuAuhuo
      @RyuAuhuo Před 7 lety +5

      trust me, as a back to the future fan you can trust me in saying that it is 1.21 gigawatts

  • @Graymaven90
    @Graymaven90 Před 7 lety +161

    1.28 gigawatts?!
    Too bad you ran outtatime or you you could have made a doc brown reference.

  • @dumbdeniz
    @dumbdeniz Před 4 lety +6

    Scientists in Fallout: *makes fusion cores, laser rifles, and stealth possible*
    The entire US Military making Liberty Prime: *gets stuck powering it*

    • @barneymiller7894
      @barneymiller7894 Před 3 lety

      Prime would be completely useless tactically speaking, just a big ole lumbering target for artillery and bombers 🤣

  • @kainfiract7992
    @kainfiract7992 Před 4 lety +7

    Amazing man, love the tasteful swearing and enthusiasm. Made the video better, everything else was also amazing. Keep it up bro

  • @StormCougarTypeZero
    @StormCougarTypeZero Před 7 lety +21

    >Using lower case shorthand for metric prefixes
    Maximum Triggered
    Tomahawks targeting shoddy HQ, Ready to fire

    • @Gingerninja800
      @Gingerninja800 Před 7 lety +2

      Hes 'murican. Forgive him as they still use imperial. I know the intellectuals probably would use metric because it's simpler however commonly/casually he'd use imperial.

    • @americasultimateweapontalo3933
      @americasultimateweapontalo3933 Před 7 lety +2

      +Gingerninja800 who's flag is on the moon

    • @_NobodySpecial_
      @_NobodySpecial_ Před 7 lety +1

      +AMERICAS ULTIMATE WEAPON TALOS German

    • @StormCougarTypeZero
      @StormCougarTypeZero Před 7 lety +1

      >Telling the ultimate expression of United States Military power how they do it in America.
      Come now, and walk the path of explosions with me!

    • @0osk
      @0osk Před 7 lety +4

      >Using funny fourchon meymey arrows on CZcams

  • @blackdragon4580
    @blackdragon4580 Před 6 lety +142

    Fun fact: A nuclear powered aircraft carrier can run with out being refueled for about three years

    • @nathandamaren2093
      @nathandamaren2093 Před 6 lety +13

      Black Dragon thats a fission reactor. Not a fusion reactor.

    • @si6ck
      @si6ck Před 6 lety +39

      He never mentioned fusion, he only said a Nuclear Powered Aircraft Carrier Lasts 3 Years, Nuclear Power meaning it is Fission.

    • @codyjackalope8464
      @codyjackalope8464 Před 6 lety +4

      I thought nuclear power rods lasted 15 years in constant use?

    • @SparKOps
      @SparKOps Před 5 lety +13

      I’m fairly certain it’s about 15-19 years, not 3.

    • @TheIanDao
      @TheIanDao Před 5 lety +4

      the potential to do so and the amount of nuclear fuel they actually carry during normal operations might be different.

  • @supremechungus4288
    @supremechungus4288 Před 4 lety +561

    Tod Howard: Oh hey a Email! *Reads Email
    Email: Dear Bethesda...
    Tod Howard: OH GOD NOT AGAIN.
    Edit:Holy CRAP 170 likes that's awesome, thanks everybody!

    • @melmonsmith9306
      @melmonsmith9306 Před 4 lety +7

      I don' think when Tod Howard gets an Email he says "Oh hey another Email".

    • @supremechungus4288
      @supremechungus4288 Před 4 lety +2

      @Gizio Sorry, thanks for correcting me, how could i forget the Todd Howard's name lol

    • @HonestLotus7
      @HonestLotus7 Před 4 lety

      shark vasion np I didn’t like

    • @cal_ibri4236
      @cal_ibri4236 Před 4 lety +4

      More like “Aww sh*t here we go again”

    • @jujuyee2534
      @jujuyee2534 Před 4 lety +1

      edit: STFU

  • @sarge9909
    @sarge9909 Před 3 lety +1

    After studying mechatronics for 5 years i can almost 85% guarantee the math checks out

  • @ericmcquisten
    @ericmcquisten Před 7 lety +95

    400 people that watched this don't like science.
    remember folks, you only have 62 days in Fallout 4 to use your Fusion Cores!

    • @wolfartgaming4556
      @wolfartgaming4556 Před 7 lety +15

      But i've about 472 of them for 3 years in the game...

    • @koopinator11
      @koopinator11 Před 7 lety +13

      +WolfArtGaming We have a different issue if you have spent 3 years in game, suggestion of a healthy dose of dark souls stat

    • @wolfartgaming4556
      @wolfartgaming4556 Před 7 lety

      +Dusk Rotani I would do that but there is 1 problem... i have never played or owned any dark souls game.

    • @Commanderbarron
      @Commanderbarron Před 7 lety

      +WolfArtGaming you should boot that up if you do

    • @Ayelis
      @Ayelis Před 7 lety +1

      I think we can all agree that if you're still playing this game after 62 days, you're doing it wrong.

  • @ShoddyCast
    @ShoddyCast  Před 7 lety +70

    Have other SCIENCE! questions you'd like us to look into? Let us know!
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    • @projecttitan7133
      @projecttitan7133 Před 7 lety

      Austin are excited for the new dlc

    • @bargeektraveller942
      @bargeektraveller942 Před 7 lety

      have you ever considering be a nuclear physicist

    • @dontdoit468
      @dontdoit468 Před 7 lety +11

      can u do the science behind stimpaks

    • @aster6741
      @aster6741 Před 7 lety +3

      How do Stimpaks work? I must know! Thanks! 😁

    • @FilWerrell
      @FilWerrell Před 7 lety +1

      How about the plausibility of ARCHIMEDES? Or any of those orbital platforms for that matter? Like the B.O.M.B. stations that were to appear in van burden? How about...Vertibirds? Like seriously, what they hell do they use for fuel? Can't be oil because there couldn't have been enough around to even use it. Especially post great war(regarding the Eastern BoS and Eastern Enclave, anyways)

  • @SnakePlissken25
    @SnakePlissken25 Před 3 lety +4

    That was a fascinating nerdout, and I thoroughly enjoyed it.

  • @K9Angel5
    @K9Angel5 Před 4 lety

    I loved this video so much mainly cause of how enthusiastic you sound about science. I love science so much and watching a video with science combined with such a great video game is amazing

  • @5TailFox
    @5TailFox Před 7 lety +101

    Wrong. The most badass piece of tech in the Fallout universe is the Stimpak.

    • @5TailFox
      @5TailFox Před 7 lety +13

      Oh yeah, and the Pip-Boy...

    • @jorger1818
      @jorger1818 Před 7 lety +15

      Also wrong, the most badass piece of tech is Liberty Prime

    • @dankmemegod221
      @dankmemegod221 Před 7 lety +6

      Underground red-chinese base detected components-Dirt,gravel and COMMUNISM but the pip-boy stops time and is given to fucking ten year olds

    • @TheSuperSeanyo
      @TheSuperSeanyo Před 7 lety +1

      The most badass piece of tech is F1570

    • @tribunalcustodian3989
      @tribunalcustodian3989 Před 7 lety +1

      No, it's the Teddy Bear

  • @ADMONIUS
    @ADMONIUS Před 7 lety +36

    The most badass scientist goes to... Shoddy!

    • @ADMONIUS
      @ADMONIUS Před 7 lety +25

      "Basically, fast as fuck!"

  • @dunthril5428
    @dunthril5428 Před 4 lety

    Holy god that was a lot to take in! That was pretty awesome to learn! Thanks for the info, always happy to learn something new

  • @cooldude-ky4ni
    @cooldude-ky4ni Před 4 lety +4

    "Do not mix cocaine and engineering" My friend, you just got a sub

  • @0wolfclaw064
    @0wolfclaw064 Před 7 lety +18

    I got the Kelvin joke Austin, good job man

  • @Rynosaur94
    @Rynosaur94 Před 7 lety +86

    >using 5mm Remington as the mingun cartridge
    NO! BAD!
    You NEVER want to use a rimmed cartridge in a self loading firearm, it makes your weapon very very susceptible to rim lock, makes extraction a chore and is just generally bad design. It's also RIMFIRE! Rimfire is simply not reliable enough for military use, especially not in high volume use like a minigun. The 5mm round in Fallout is most likely a specially packaged version of 5.56mm NATO. Possibly the telescoped ammo used by the LSAT, though that doesn't explain why it was used in Fallout 1 when the LSAT wasn't conceived of until 2004. The energy comparison is totally flawed due to this, IMO.

    • @biggiesmallsyalls7674
      @biggiesmallsyalls7674 Před 7 lety

      Rynosaur94 There are a lot of Automatic weapons that use .22lr. I dont know what Bethesda meant but it clearly wasnt 5.56

    • @NerfMaster000
      @NerfMaster000 Před 7 lety +11

      There's already a 5.56mm round in FO4 and it's not used in the minigun. Not to mention, the world of Fallout could've just used a centre fire design for the 5mm instead.

    • @skyhuck08
      @skyhuck08 Před 7 lety +3

      Look up the M61 Vulcan or the Phalanx CIWS, both are Gatling guns (same thing as a minigun) and they use much larger rounds. The Vulcan fires at 6,000 rpm and the CIWS 4,500 rpm.

    • @drivemecloser
      @drivemecloser Před 7 lety +6

      Well, the bombs didn't go flying in Fallout's world until 2077. The style is just a sort of sustained retro-futurism that largely reflects the 1950s aesthetic. The world is one where the transistor was a latecomer and things were done with tubes for a longer period of time.
      Fallout itself starts in 2161.

    • @mojungle3054
      @mojungle3054 Před 7 lety +2

      Rynosaur94 THANK YOU!!!!

  • @tomcascaddan8319
    @tomcascaddan8319 Před rokem

    This is simply the best Fallout 4 related video I've ever seen. Hats off to you, Shoddy.

  • @beardedweirdo790
    @beardedweirdo790 Před 4 lety +1

    I wasn't prepared for this much science

  • @herveglandu4847
    @herveglandu4847 Před 6 lety +536

    definitively not the video to learn english ^^

    • @ErtaiCZ
      @ErtaiCZ Před 5 lety +32

      Exactly the opposite! Set the speed to 1.75 and once you understand it you are a master

    • @ps238principal
      @ps238principal Před 5 lety +19

      You mean how he pronounces "analogous" as "a-nag-a-luss?"

    • @Antidon1
      @Antidon1 Před 5 lety +5

      tried to understand, but its too fast for my brain, to translate)

    • @ErtaiCZ
      @ErtaiCZ Před 5 lety +2

      You need to get to the point when you don't need to translate it

    • @ls200076
      @ls200076 Před 5 lety

      @@Antidon1 you have lot to learn.

  • @ablekitten5744
    @ablekitten5744 Před 6 lety +58

    12:20 RUN HE'S GOING TO BLOW

  • @thatonecommenter7169
    @thatonecommenter7169 Před 4 lety +7

    11:04 Oh, I see what's about to happen
    *Runs to the fridge, grabs 2 monsters and 1 red bull, chugs all of them
    11:45 I uNdERsTaNd eVERytHinG!!!

  • @XkitkatersX
    @XkitkatersX Před 5 lety

    As a huge fan of speed talking, that ending was GLORIOUS and I'm subscribing for that alone. Well. That AND the really fun science-y applications to video games :D

  • @MikePhantom
    @MikePhantom Před 7 lety +42

    wait you said 1.28 giga watts AND NO REFERENCE TO BACK TO THE FUTURE? ( i know its 1.21 gW but COME ON its close)

    • @CamelSpyd3r
      @CamelSpyd3r Před 7 lety +13

      IKR even just an offhand comment like "that's more energy than what it takes to send a Delorean back in time." Would've been nice.

    • @combustinghandshakes8617
      @combustinghandshakes8617 Před 7 lety +1

      Oh what wasted potential for a joke

    • @Woogoo336
      @Woogoo336 Před 7 lety +1

      To be fair the script does say "1.21 jigowatts". "The 'jigowatt' is really the gigawatt that was misspelt by the producers Bob Gale nd Robert Zemeckis while filming Back to the Future, and became the standard spelling for the movie. It could then be interpreted in-universe that Doc pronounced gigawatt as jigowatt."

  • @GoforKrogh
    @GoforKrogh Před 7 lety +35

    10:41 And more than it takes a Delorean to timetravel

  • @rollog1248
    @rollog1248 Před 4 lety +3

    I would think that the reason the fusion core is at 100 percent in buildings is the constant supply of hydrogen. So you would have to account for the constant fusion for 210 years.

  • @ntl4321
    @ntl4321 Před 2 dny

    This came up on my feed today. And I feel like THE SCIENCE of fusion has come a long way in 7 years and this video might be worth considering for an update.

  • @aleggs6019
    @aleggs6019 Před 7 lety +63

    11:45 *switches to 0.5 speed

    • @SawdEndymon
      @SawdEndymon Před 7 lety +16

      He sounds drunk when at half speed.

    • @codyrogers9182
      @codyrogers9182 Před 7 lety +6

      that's what I thought

    • @Freakous6000
      @Freakous6000 Před 7 lety +10

      If you want to better understand what he is saying, yeah. But put it at 2.0 instead. Its fucking hilarious

    • @BigBeowolf
      @BigBeowolf Před 6 lety +2

      0.75 speed is better.

  • @theman7140
    @theman7140 Před 6 lety +16

    Simple Answer:
    Power armor and the fusion core weapons are insanely inefficient

    • @thatdudeinasuit5422
      @thatdudeinasuit5422 Před 4 lety +3

      I suppose that's a fair judgement when looking at many of the other things in Fallout lore that when looked at from a practical level makes very little sense but from a purely dramatic sense are very 50s-60s Sci-Fi like for instance the Fatman if the Chinese discovered a Fatman supply depot near the front lines at Anchorage it would be as simple as one artillery or one airstrike and you've just created a huge smoldering gaping whole in the American line. Or the Laser rifle which in and of itself would provide first aid to wounds by cauterizing and disinfecting the wound if used in real life. Or lastly Liberty Prime, a single project taking years and millions or possibly billions of dollars to build a single robot that at maximum (provided his laser could actually reach the horizon and on the unlikely condition that all of the ground around him was perfect flat and followed the curvature of the earth) could create an 80km wide gap in the enemy lines all the while remaining an incredibly large and relatively slow moving target instantly drawing an enormous amount of fire on himself and as seen in Fallout 3 Broken Steel he can be taken down by a single large caliber artillery strike he is simply just not worth the effort.

  • @cosmicraysshotsintothelight
    @cosmicraysshotsintothelight Před 5 měsíci

    I absolutely love your laser energy presentation. It will be a real joule in my memory.

  • @benjaminrichter3876
    @benjaminrichter3876 Před 5 lety

    This is literally the best CZcams video I've ever seen. Massive Kudos xD

  • @kridocaign5722
    @kridocaign5722 Před 6 lety +5

    I have an answer for their longevity.
    The fusion cores are not active all the time Instead, they have an electrochemical battery to kick-start the reaction. They could even be designed to restart the reaction as needed to keep the battery conditioned.
    This would make far more sense, as back-of-the-hand math suggests that storing a lot of idling fusion cores would quickly become infeasible due to the accumulation of waste heat.
    Alternatively, they could use a primary battery to start the reaction. That would mean that each fusion core would be limited to a fixed number of duty cycles, and also explain why refueling them is extremely difficult.

  • @thewhiskysmokers3117
    @thewhiskysmokers3117 Před 6 lety +258

    I had to set the playback speed to 0.75 % to actually hear it all

  • @speedrat6507
    @speedrat6507 Před rokem

    I totally forgot about these videos, so happy this came up on my feed. Hope being a father is treating Austin well ✌️

  • @damyenhockman5440
    @damyenhockman5440 Před 4 lety

    I got your Kelvin joke, and it gave me a little chuckle. I APPRECIATE YOU AUSTIN!!!

  • @necrisro
    @necrisro Před 7 lety +71

    18 mins, exam tomorrow and 10 more pages at an essay. It better be good !

    • @scottwatson6763
      @scottwatson6763 Před 7 lety

      Good luck. ^_^ also a tip I learnt from my tests is don't study, the answers you learn rarely show up, for example I got a question about a car and we did not do anything about that and I'm know nothing about cars. There's no need to study ^_^ anyway good luck!

    • @necrisro
      @necrisro Před 7 lety +1

      ***** For "Marketing Research", 100+ pages of techniques and methods i'm pretty sure i have to study. :D

    • @phoenixoutoftheash
      @phoenixoutoftheash Před 7 lety +3

      If you write as fast as he speaks that shouldn't be a problem ;)

    • @TheRealGarg
      @TheRealGarg Před 7 lety

      I'm in the same boat friend, it was worth it

    • @NinjaGrimm666
      @NinjaGrimm666 Před 7 lety

      I play unreal tournament too. \
      get better mortys

  • @leviblackwell7997
    @leviblackwell7997 Před 7 lety +37

    you lost me at 12:17, but overall this is a fucking good vid.

  • @RevanTheSavage
    @RevanTheSavage Před 5 lety +1

    Dude, love the video so much great research shown here

  • @litlclutch
    @litlclutch Před 4 lety

    I know this is an old video but just wanted to mention I LOVE these ... they are great fun ... also the video on the real monster of doom was GOD tier

  • @tukes1234
    @tukes1234 Před 7 lety +4

    As far as all the videos that I seen since CZcams came out.you sir take the cake, any video you do you take the time to do it right and do the research figure out the ins and outs and then explained it in such a way that anyone can follow, my hats off to you good job keep up the good work!

  • @georgenelson6490
    @georgenelson6490 Před 7 lety +11

    "So cool it has to be measured in Kelvin" to which i respond "Negative Kelvin"
    I know the Kelvin scale doesn't go below 0, but i still think negative kelvin would be pretty cool.

    • @theaveragepro1749
      @theaveragepro1749 Před 7 lety +1

      Isn't 0 kelvin absolute zero?

    • @ShadowSlayer74
      @ShadowSlayer74 Před 7 lety +1

      It is, that's why you can't go lower.

    • @ehow5678
      @ehow5678 Před 7 lety

      +The Average Pro yes

    • @Hotilaexe
      @Hotilaexe Před 7 lety +3

      negative kelvin is impossible. Even if it was possible it would be actually hotter than those above. There's a really good video about it from Sixty Symbols if you want to know more as I'm unqualified to speak on the matter haha.

    • @BlueCosmology
      @BlueCosmology Před 7 lety +1

      Negative kelvin isn't impossible, as the very video you refer to will tell you.

  • @thepatheticone4457
    @thepatheticone4457 Před 4 lety +1

    You can find fusion cores in different locations. Such as a chest, a shop, a corps or a big machine that makes loud noises. I believe that this machinery keeps the fusion in the core alive. I think that people in the fallout verse have found these and collected the cores.

  • @dr.bright8046
    @dr.bright8046 Před 3 lety

    4:06 is my favorite quote from any science related media I've experienced