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Germany about to start up a monster machine

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Germany is about to start up a monster machine that could
revolutionize the way we use energy
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/germany-start-monster-machine-could-152111129.html

Fusion reactor designed in hell makes its debut 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-fbBRAxJNk

"The key to a successful nuclear-fusion reactor of any kind is 
to generate, confine, and control a blob of gas, called a plasma, 
that has been heated to temperatures of more than 180 million 
degrees Fahrenheit.

At these blazing temperatures, the electrons are ripped from 
their atoms, forming ions.

Normally, the ions bounce off one another like bumper cars, but 
under these extreme conditions the repulsive forces are overcome.

The ions are therefore able to collide and fuse together, which 
generates energy, and you have accomplished nuclear fusion. 
Nuclear fusion is different from what fuels today's nuclear 
reactors, which operate with energy from atoms that decay, or 
break apart, instead of fusing together.

Nuclear fusion is the process that has been fueling our sun for 
about 4.5 billion years and will continue to do so for another
 estimated 4 billion years.

Once engineers have heated the gas in the reactor to the right 
temperature, they use super-chilled magnetic coils to generate 
powerful magnetic fields that contain and control the plasma.

The W7-X, for example, houses 50 six-ton magnetic coils, shown 
in purple in the GIF below. The plasma is contained within the 
red coil:"

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Germany about to start up a monster machine Wayne Olmstead <wayols@eclipseevenet.org> - 2015-10-31 21:00 +0000
  Re: Germany about to start up a monster machine Wayne Olmstead <wayols@eclipseevenet.org> - 2015-10-31 21:09 +0000

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