re: China has created an ‘Artificial Sun’ That Could End Reliance On Fossil Fuels

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problem that scientists have had since the Industrial Revolution; that of creating more energy from machines than the initial input.

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Scientists have had this problem since forever, and the reason why is because it's a fundamental law of science. We look at the sun and think: "hey, that thing just sits there and puts out near infinite amounts of energy, why can't we do that?" forgetting the massive processes and amounts of energy that had to be expended to create the damn thing in the first place.