Hydrogen Fusion.
As of right now, we get nuclear power with Nuclear fision, We split apart Uranium atoms to generate electricity. This is all well and good, but leaves horrible nuclear waste.
Hydrogen Fusion involves combining hydrogen atoms to make a new molecule. This process generates energy. Heres is the thing though....the ONLY by-product is STEAM...and we have enough hydrogen, that if our energy consumption grew 10% every year, we have enough for 250,000 YEARS!
Right now, we have a process for getting the energy that beaks even. We get the same amount of energy that we put in to start the process. If we devote just 30% percent of research resource towards it( right now it sits at about 8%) we could develop a process that gives us
anywhere from 3 ( worst case scenario ) to 50 ( best case scenario ) times the amount of energy we put into the process, in 50 years.
There is also an immense amount of heat involved in the process, so it is likely that it will be done in space, and the energy from the reaction will be absorbed by aerogel, so that will help a currently small market as well. This will advance the development of insulating material, as well as a better conducting material. We may develop an optical fiber that will replace copper, and transmit twice the energy.
I would like to hear your thoughts regarding this, as well as where you think the future of energy is.
Hydrogen Fusion.
As of right now, we get nuclear power with Nuclear fision, We split apart Uranium atoms to generate electricity. This is all well and good, but leaves horrible nuclear waste.
Hydrogen Fusion involves combining hydrogen atoms to make a new molecule. This process generates energy. Heres is the thing though....the ONLY by-product is STEAM...and we have enough hydrogen, that if our energy consumption grew 10% every year, we have enough for 250,000 YEARS!
Right now, we have a process for getting the energy that beaks even. We get the same amount of energy that we put in to start the process. If we devote just 30% percent of research resource towards it( right now it sits at about 8%) we could develop a process that gives us
anywhere from 3 ( worst case scenario ) to 50 ( best case scenario ) times the amount of energy we put into the process, in 50 years.
There is also an immense amount of heat involved in the process, so it is likely that it will be done in space, and the energy from the reaction will be absorbed by aerogel, so that will help a currently small market as well. This will advance the development of insulating material, as well as a better conducting material. We may develop an optical fiber that will replace copper, and transmit twice the energy.
I would like to hear your thoughts regarding this, as well as where you think the future of energy is.