[Boogieman]

That’s not a 4% return, that’s a 19% return.

[one guy in new jersey]

.4% here, 19% there, pretty soon we’re talking real repeatable results.

[budj]

Indeed, it's a phenomenal achievement. However, it must be understood that it's an experimental result. The lasers fire for a fraction of a second and can only fire once a day. Continuous power will require the lasers to fire about 40 times per second.

It does recall the first laser. It was in a huge room with tons of equipment and a monstrous power supply. When the engineers got into it they eventually developed the handheld "cat chaser" that we have so much fun with.

Here's a good article about the breakthrough.

How Big Is The Fusion Breakthrough