Nuclear Fusion possibly may prevent food shortages in the future. It is the way the sun is powered. It is the fusion of the nuclei of light elements, such as hydrogen and its isotopes. Nuclear fission - in contrast - which is used in today’s nuclear power stations and provides the explosive force of nuclear weapons, uses the energy released when the large atoms of elements such as thorium, uranium and plutonium are split apart.
Nuclear fusion has long been thought of as the ultimate clean and everlasting source of energy, and one day it may prove to be that, but there seems little chance of it being developed and providing the bulk of the worlds’ energy needs within 40-50 years by which time we will have a planet severely damaged by the burning of the remaining fossil fuels in the world and the resulting emissions of greenhouse gasses.
The problem is that to cause hydrogen atoms to fuse, they need to be heated to over 150 million degrees and although progress has been made, it seems that we are still several years away from a working fusion reactor. When this is achieved, it will take many more years to perfect a commercial reactor and then a massive building programme before anything more than a small proportion of our power needs are met this way.
That time scale could possibly be changed if the public and governments became truly aware of the disaster we face as we burn the remaining fossil fuels, causing pollution of the atmosphere and depletion and scarcity of the fuels.
Peak Food believes an international development programme with wartime urgency and speed is needed to bring nuclear fusion to fruition in time to make a difference. What do you think?
February 22nd, 2008 at 5:26 pm
i believe i have uncovered a symbolic discovery of unlimited clean energy of using water via nuclear fusion upon palm sunday 2007- I have been shown many signs after this date-in the beginning it was two sticks for fire- now- i propose two electrodes for unlimited clean energy- it is energy which fuels a world for comfort-life-stability-coupled with laws from the heavens we have lived our lives- we are all messengers of god if we listen-we are communicated with thru our dreams-coincidental moments-etc- you would be lucky to have one handful in which you swear to be divinely inspired in your entire life-our time is a test and we are by far left alone in order to see how we help one another- do not expect the heavens to fix mans problems- it is the heavens who watch us fix our own- we have everything upon this magical blue planet- it is our duty as man to live up to our potential- my first name means peace- my last name is the father of Abraham-father of arab and jews- it is also the name of fire in the first religion of zorasterian to this day-in the beginning is a story of brotherhood between cain and able- in this age of enlightenment we shall be called together under god and see what the brothers of Issac and Ishmael do in the middle east- it is in the interests of all human beings to support its unification-as it is the desire all nations shall be under one God—IF WHAT I HAVE WRITTEN SOUNDS UNORTHODOX TO YOU-MY ROAD TRAVELED TO SOLVE THIS ENERGY CRISIS WAS UNORTHODOX-THE WEIGHT OF MY WORDS WILL BE FELT WHEN THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY HAS UNDERSTOOD THE MIRACLE I HAVE UNCOVERED–TO NOT WALK ON WATER-BUT TO DELIVER IT FOR UNLIMITED & CLEAN ENERGY— TIME WILL TELL-
solomon azar-
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