The Observer article on fusion: “Your time has come”
Jeff Forshaw of The Observer wrote an interesting article on September 15 on the progress that scientists have made in fusion energy. Stating that fusion energy is “almost upon us,” he unequivocally argues that realizing commercial fusion energy is within reach. From the article:
For a good few years now, nuclear fusion has looked like offering a solution to the problem. For every 100 tonnes of coal we burn, fusion has the potential to deliver the same amount of energy, without any carbon dioxide emission, using a small bath of water and the lithium contained in a single laptop battery. Moreover, it would be inherently very safe and would not produce any significant radioactive waste. Lest there be any confusion, the science behind this way of harnessing the energy locked away inside the atomic nucleus is entirely different from that used in current nuclear fission reactors. It almost seems too good to be true … but it isn’t.
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