Nuclear Fusion Breakthrough Confirmed: California Team Achieved Ignition

A major breakthrough in nuclear fusion has been confirmed a year after it was achieved at a laboratory in California.

Researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s (LLNL’s) National Ignition Facility (NIF) recorded the first case of ignition on August 8, 2021, the results of which have now been published in three peer-reviewed papers.

Nuclear fusion is the process that powers the Sun and other stars: heavy hydrogen atoms collide with enough force that they fuse together to form a helium atom, releasing large amounts of energy as a by-product. Once the hydrogen plasma “ignites”, the fusion reaction becomes self-sustaining, with the fusions themselves producing enough power to maintain the temperature without external heating.

via www.newsweek.com

This is a big deal, if true, with stress on the previous two words. Bad news for all the solar guys though. Well, maybe not if it takes 50 years to commercialize it. Also very bad news for all the climate alarmists. They probably weren’t banking on fusion power for awhile yet. But they may still be right. Does this mean the price of gas will go down? Did all those naked old white guys in the Bohemian Grove know this was coming? Lots of questions.