ASP’s Fusion Essay is Featured in CNN
Source: CNN, 6/27/2011
By Thom Patterson
“…Could fusion change the way powerful governments behave on the world stage?
Cutting dependence on foreign oil could prompt nations to shift attention away from oil-rich regions. The U.S. military already spends at least $50 billion yearly on “expenditures related to oil,” according to the American Security Project, a bipartisan Washington think tank.
The fuel for fusion reactors is relatively cheap and accessible. Fusion reactors would run on fuel made up of two types of hydrogen: deuterium, which can be extracted from sea water, and tritium, which could be produced by the fusion reactors themselves…”
