Climate Coal Fusion Reference 
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 13, 2011
Simulation of a coal jet region. Multiphase refers to the process of changing a solid (in this case, coal) to a gas (syngas). The program allocates hours to large-scale, computationally-intensive research projects in a range of areas including fusion, climate, and materials. Image credit: Chris Guenther, NETL.
Cars That Think
MAY 9, 2024
The thousands of rocket launches needed to loft and maintain these space power stations would dump lots of soot, carbon dioxide, and other pollutants into the stratosphere, with uncertain climate impacts. In that respect, beamed power from space is like nuclear fusion, except at least 25 years behind.
Cars That Think
AUGUST 17, 2022
Among the technological visions that seem perpetually futuristic (think commercial nuclear fusion and maglev trains), the hydrogen economy has always been tantalizing. In short, it could do anything fossil fuels do now, but with substantially reduced climate impact.
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 20, 2009
Experts predict that by the year 2060 global warming, if left unchecked, could result in a temperature rise of seven degrees Fahrenheit higher than temperatures before the Industrial Revolution when man started widespread use of coal and other fossil fuels. Reductions in Emissions. C to 2 °C above pre-Industrial Revolution levels.
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