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The joke is that despite all our fancy nuclear fusion technology (that's literally recreating the power of the SUN), we're still just using that incredible energy to... boil water. 💦
Yep, nuclear fusion—the holy grail of clean energy that scientists have been chasing for decades—would still use the same basic principle as a 19th century steam engine: heat water, make steam, spin turbine. The person is basically saying "We figured out how to harness the power of stars and we're using it to make a fancy kettle?!"
The reaction image perfectly captures that mix of disappointment and disbelief when you realize our most advanced energy technology still relies on the same principle as ancient steam engines. Revolutionary science, meet stone-age engineering!
