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Fusion Is Having a Moment

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As Earth’s inhabitants suffer through what may wind up being the hottest year on record , there’s a Promethean spark of hope. Virtually unlimited fusion energy appears to be, if not right around the corner, at least within hailing distance. One team vying to take fusion energy to market is Commonwealth Fusion Systems, in Devens, Mass.,

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This Fusion Reactor Is Held Together With Tape

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Brandon Sorbom , the scientific director of Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) , leads me toward the center of the building’s cross-shaped footprint, weaving among scaffolding, forklifts, and teams of welders and painters. We just hope we can do it in time to be a major part of the solution to the climate crisis.”

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A Roomba for Rivers

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Sebastian Gollnow/Getty Images Blowin' in the Wind. Nature has crafted the spores so that they can catch a gust of wind and travel as far as a kilometer before landing and putting down roots that will eventually yield a new flower. Mark Stone/University of Washington AI on the Fusion Menu. Hooray for robot labor!

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DOE releases five-year strategic plan, 2014-2018; supporting “all of the above” energy strategy

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Under that, the plan sketches out 3 strategic goals: Strategic Objective One: Advance the goals and objectives in the President’s Climate Action Plan by supporting prudent development, deployment, and efficient use of “all of the above” energy resources that also create new jobs and industries.

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Mad Power thoughts

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Wind farms stand idle for days on end, a fire interrupts a vital cable from France, a combination of post-Covid economic recovery and Russia tightening supply means the gas price has shot through the roof – and so the market price of both home heating and electricity is rocketing. Climate Change. Energy Solutions.

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UK wants to ban 100% ICE power by 2030

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In what Mr Johnstone is calling the ‘Green Industrial Revolution’ he aims to tackle climate change and create jobs in industries such as nuclear energy, however, critics are already stating that the £4bn package to implements Boris’s 10-point plan is far too small for the scale of the challenge! Point 1: Advancing Offshore Wind.

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New Elon Musk essay: Tesla CEO’s current thoughts on technology and humanity

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The sun is like a giant fusion generator, from which mankind currently exploits a tiny amount of energy. Of course, wind, hydroelectric, geothermal, and nuclear power are also useful energy supplements. In my view, the future of sustainable energy involves three components. The generation of sustainable energy.

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