Nuclear Fusion: The Path to Limitless Energy

July 16th, 1945 fusion was artificially created for the first time, this set into motion the idea that fusion was originally wanted for by intellectuals. The idea that humanity could fuse atoms to create energy was the ideal future for fusion and a path to limitless energy. It’s been almost 70 years and humanity has yet to achieve the point of fusion. Humanity has tried for the last 70 years to bring the energy source of the sun to earth and it hasn’t been achieved, but we have created 3 approaches that will hopefully bring the power of the stars to earth within the next 30 years: Cold Fusion, Inertial Confinement, and Magnetic Confinement. Each of which has its own strengths and weakness, but one stands above the other two: Inertial Confinement. Inertial confinement is the best approach to fusion and will lead the way to energy independence, it is the best because it is closer to ignition than magnetic confinement and cold fusion has yet to provide consistent results to create a reliable energy source.
For understanding the necessity of fusion energy and looking at the greatest changes of the day answer the question for itself. Between the global warming and the world’s dwindling supply of natural resources, earth desperately needs a new energy source that doesn’t create greenhouse gasses and will be able to supply the growing population’s needs for centuries to come. Fusion is a perfect solution for this because it creates no hazardous byproducts and the oceans hold nearly a limitless supply of deuterium that could supply earth with thousands of years’ worth of energy.
The only drawback to fusion is that we have yet to attain the necessary technological advances that could unlock the power of the stars and bring it to earth....

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