Cold fusion energy is the most valuable resource in our modern
world. Without it, nothing moves, nothing is produced, and nothing
gets done. It's not because we all suddenly become lazy slobs; it's
because the modern world becomes impossible without it. Fusion
energy produces no waste, no carbon dioxide, no methane, no
dangerous radioactive material, and no form of rare fuel required.
The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California did the
impossible for the first time in human history using fusion energy.
Fusion is completely natural - look up at the sky during the daytime
and you'll see a giant fusion reactor in the sky! If we could do this on
earth and control the energy released, it would be the biggest
change to the course of human history. The United States
Department of Energy decided to throw their weight fully behind
fusion energy in 1997. The National Ignition Facility was built
construction started in 1997 and concluded in 2009. As time wore
on, there was little to show for fusion and the investment into fusion
energy never grew and progress started to slow. However, in late
2022 they made some improvements to the fuel target design and
in one fell swoop achieved 154 of ignition conditions. They got more
energy out of the reaction than they put in.
Lasers are amplified by racing back and forth and the flash is a
fraction of a second. The shells are almost perfectly round they have
a roughness that is 100 times better than a mirror. They used a
thicker target so it would hold its shape longer and they figured out
how to boost the power of the laser shot without damaging the
lasers. The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory produced 1.5
times as much energy than was used to cause the reaction by the
lasers, but there's a massive catch: this measurement only accounts
for the energy in a very narrow way, it only considers the actual
laser energy hitting the fuel. The biggest gains could be made from
the lasers themselves—the National Ignition Facility is using
outdated technology—but this is where the other approaches of
nuclear fusion come into play. The most common way to achieve
this is by using electromagnets, microwaves, and particle beams to
heat hydrogen gas and turn it into plasma. This plasma gets
squeezed by superconducting magnets in a donutshaped ring, and
eventually, nuclear fusion reactions take place inside of it.
The National Ignition Facility (NIF) has been responsible for
numerous innovations in fusion energy research, including the
successful demonstration of multiple nuclear fusion reactions in
world. Without it, nothing moves, nothing is produced, and nothing
gets done. It's not because we all suddenly become lazy slobs; it's
because the modern world becomes impossible without it. Fusion
energy produces no waste, no carbon dioxide, no methane, no
dangerous radioactive material, and no form of rare fuel required.
The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California did the
impossible for the first time in human history using fusion energy.
Fusion is completely natural - look up at the sky during the daytime
and you'll see a giant fusion reactor in the sky! If we could do this on
earth and control the energy released, it would be the biggest
change to the course of human history. The United States
Department of Energy decided to throw their weight fully behind
fusion energy in 1997. The National Ignition Facility was built
construction started in 1997 and concluded in 2009. As time wore
on, there was little to show for fusion and the investment into fusion
energy never grew and progress started to slow. However, in late
2022 they made some improvements to the fuel target design and
in one fell swoop achieved 154 of ignition conditions. They got more
energy out of the reaction than they put in.
Lasers are amplified by racing back and forth and the flash is a
fraction of a second. The shells are almost perfectly round they have
a roughness that is 100 times better than a mirror. They used a
thicker target so it would hold its shape longer and they figured out
how to boost the power of the laser shot without damaging the
lasers. The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory produced 1.5
times as much energy than was used to cause the reaction by the
lasers, but there's a massive catch: this measurement only accounts
for the energy in a very narrow way, it only considers the actual
laser energy hitting the fuel. The biggest gains could be made from
the lasers themselves—the National Ignition Facility is using
outdated technology—but this is where the other approaches of
nuclear fusion come into play. The most common way to achieve
this is by using electromagnets, microwaves, and particle beams to
heat hydrogen gas and turn it into plasma. This plasma gets
squeezed by superconducting magnets in a donutshaped ring, and
eventually, nuclear fusion reactions take place inside of it.
The National Ignition Facility (NIF) has been responsible for
numerous innovations in fusion energy research, including the
successful demonstration of multiple nuclear fusion reactions in
