Hydrogen Fusion is the Future Source of Energy

Hydrogen Fusion, the Future Source of Energy

Abstract

The world is currently in an energy crisis with no end in sight. Many technologies

can help reduce our dependence on fossil fuels and have the possibility of ending the

energy crisis. Hydrogen fusion holds great promise with its no pollution energy output. If

more energy can be created than is used to start the fusion process, the energy crisis

might become a thing of the past. Over half of the energy used now comes from fossil

fuels, which is around 2.77*10^14 KJ in 2003. ITER, which is under construction right

now in France, will have the possibility of releasing 500 MW of energy as an output. By

developing methods that reduce the energy needed to start the fusion process, hydrogen

fusion might end our need to use fossil fuels.

Introduction

Humanity has faced many crises in the past few millennia. From the Black Plague

of Medieval Times to World War II in the 1940’s, humans have always had some form of

large-scale problem to deal with. Now in our modern times, we as humans are facing one

of the toughest: the energy crisis. This dilemma will have the greatest involvement of

human minds to figure out a possible solution. The majority of all the energy produced in

the world comes from fossil fuels. In these strange times, humans are now looking for

new viable sources of energy to replace the highly depleted fossil fuels.

One of the newer possibilities that can be used as a new form of energy is

hydrogen fusion. One of the earliest experiments in this technology was in the late 1960’s

with the development of the Tokamak. The Tokamak was a Soviet-built magnetic

confinement device developed by Igor Tamm and Andrei Sakharov. The shape of the

Hydrogen Fusio...

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