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Fusion's Promise - How Technological Breakthroughs in Nuclear Fusion Can Conquer Climate Change on Earth (And Carry Humans To Mars, Too) (Paperback, 1st ed. 2023)
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Fusion's Promise - How Technological Breakthroughs in Nuclear Fusion Can Conquer Climate Change on Earth (And Carry Humans To Mars, Too) (Paperback, 1st ed. 2023)
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For over 60 years, scientists and engineers have been trying to
crack a seemingly intractable problem: how to build practical
devices that exploit nuclear fusion. Access to electricity has
facilitated a standard of living that was previously unimaginable,
but as the world’s population grows and developing nations
increasingly reap the benefits of electrification, we face a
serious global problem: burning fossil fuels currently produces
about eighty percent of the world's energy, but it produces a
greenhouse effect that traps outgoing infrared radiation and warms
the planet, risking dire environmental consequences unless we
reduce our fossil fuel consumption to near zero in the coming
decades. Nuclear fusion, the energy-producing process in the
sun and stars, could provide the answer: if it can be successfully
harnessed here on Earth, it will produce electricity with near-zero
CO2 byproduct by using the nuclei in water as its main fuel. The
principles behind fusion are understood, but the technology is far
from being fully realized, and governments, universities, and
venture capitalists are pumping vast amounts of money into many
ideas, some highly speculative, that could lead to functioning
fusion reactors. This book puts all of these attempts
together in one place, providing clear explanations for readers who
are interested in new energy technologies, including those with no
formal training in science or engineering. For each of the many
approaches to fusion, the reader will learn who pioneered the
approach, how the concept works in plain English, how experimental
tests were engineered, the future prospects, and comparison with
other approaches. From long-established fusion technologies to
emerging and exotic methods, the reader will learn all about the
idea that could eventually constitute the single greatest
engineering advance in human history.
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