Message-ID: <675b4ea7@news.ausics.net> From: not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) Subject: Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ? Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc References: <9eb45192-e996-fa3d-b002-c02798bb2b7a@example.net> <7Gq5P.102876$7FA3.79818@fx13.iad> <5d39f504-e3f6-3830-a9fc-fc79cf7fc557@example.net> <992330af-c771-9db3-7d20-deb5e0cb882d@example.net> <7896d790-e533-a390-b024-abc1edcd1c15@example.net> User-Agent: tin/2.0.1-20111224 ("Achenvoir") (UNIX) (Linux/2.4.31 (i586)) NNTP-Posting-Host: news.ausics.net Date: 13 Dec 2024 06:59:19 +1000 Organization: Ausics - https://newsgroups.ausics.net Lines: 25 X-Complaints: abuse@ausics.net Path: csiph.com!news.bbs.nz!news.ausics.net!not-for-mail Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:62277 The Natural Philosopher wrote: > On 10/12/2024 20:17, D wrote: >> But it won't be a big bang, plenty of technologies exist to bridge the gap. >> >> Would be cool if I could finally have a nuclear powered car that I >> bought full, and would never have to refuel. ;) > > Its almost possible. The problem is all that lead makes it even heaver > than a BEV and you have to stop to fill up the water just as often. > There is no device that turns heat into electricity better than a steam > turbine, sadly. The Helion fusion reactor design for directly generating electricity from the electromagnetic pulse generated by colliding plasma in a tube is interesting. I think you'd still need the lead, but maybe not the water. Call it a "plasma piston". Of course it's less than clear if it'll ever work at their current power-station scale let alone scaled down. Bigger always seems to be better with fusion research. https://www.helionenergy.com/ -- __ __ #_ < |\| |< _#