Nuclear fusion is an important step to change the earth's energy pattern, reduce the emission of pollutants on the earth, and realize a "clean earth". Although over the years, we have seen that many countries in the world have launched "nuclear fusion programs". However, it is difficult to achieve a breakthrough after all.
No, the United States has achieved a major breakthrough in nuclear fusion, and mankind has taken another key step towards the goal of unlimited, zero-carbon energy. This can be said to be really good news.
Once human beings have completely achieved the breakthrough of nuclear fusion, then the problem of climate change on the earth - it will not be a problem.
Therefore, this project is a good thing for the whole world. That's right, if humans can't change the climate pattern of the earth, then we humans will be the ones who will be hurt in the end.
Moreover, from the known climate change situation, there is not much time left for human beings. Next, let's look at the climate first, and then look at the issue of nuclear fusion.
What pattern has Earth's climate become?
From the perspective of climate development model, our earth has already encountered serious climate change problems. Under the background of global warming, extreme climates are multiplying. How strong is that warming?
According to last year’s climate data released in 2022, the global average temperature is 1.11°C higher than the pre-industrial level (1850-1900 average), and it has reached more than 1°C for several consecutive years.
Under such climate change, human beings have broken through more than half of the "tipping point" of the earth's climate.
Nine of the 15 global "climate tipping points" have been activated, namely Arctic sea ice, Greenland ice sheet, boreal coniferous forest, permafrost, Atlantic meridional overturning circulation, Amazon rainforest, warm Water corals, West Antarctic ice sheet, parts of East Antarctica.
However, after more than half of this, our climate change is still not over. After 2022, maybe these 15 climate tipping points are already "very few".
2022 is even on track to hit our all-time high temperature rise. The earth is really too hot in 2022, and many countries in the northern hemisphere have set historic temperatures in summer, which will inevitably push the global average temperature in 2022.
Therefore, the "deterioration" of the climate is already a trend.
Not to mention the 1.5 degrees and 2 degrees increase we mentioned in the "Paris Agreement", I am afraid that these 15 climate critical points are not enough, so the time for human beings to change the climate is really running out. No, the nuclear fusion program of "reversing the climate" has finally achieved a breakthrough, which is absolutely good news for the earth.
Once large-scale commercial application is carried out, it will be possible to realize the "reversal" of our global warming, realize the cooling of the earth, and let us return to the pre-industrial level.
made a major breakthrough in nuclear fusion! Is there hope for the planet to cool down?
We said above that this is a nuclear fusion breakthrough from the United States, nuclear fusion (nuclear fusion), also known as nuclear fusion , fusion reaction, fusion reaction or thermonuclear reaction, nuclear fusion occurs at the level of atomic nucleus On, so nuclear fusion is not a chemical change.
For a long time, the scientific community has been working hard to study controllable nuclear fusion . Once this process is realized, we may use nuclear fusion to realize the transformation of our earth’s energy structure, so that we canOur climate changes.
Because nuclear fusion may become the future energy source, nuclear fusion fuel can come from sea water and some light nuclear, so nuclear fusion fuel is endless.
Of course, when talking about nuclear fusion here, many people should have thought of one thing, that is, the rare substance Chang’e 5 discovered on the moon. Matter is very abundant on the moon.
According to conservative estimates, there are 1 million tons of helium 3 in the lunar soil, and using it to generate electricity can meet the energy needs of the earth for 10,000 years. Therefore, it will be a blessing for mankind if this material can be developed and used on the earth.
Nuclear fusion has a very large demand for this substance. Therefore, increasing the exploitation of lunar resources is a major competitive market for human beings in the future.
No, humans have already achieved uncontrolled nuclear fusion, so creating "controllable" nuclear fusion is a major goal. This time a major breakthrough in nuclear fusion! It is related to this. According to foreign media reports, this is a major achievement achieved by scientists from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) in California, USA, and has achieved a net energy gain from an experimental nuclear fusion reactor.
The entire experimental facility cost 3.5 billion US dollars and consists of nearly 200 lasers , which are as big as three football fields, bombard a small point with high energy to start a nuclear fusion reaction. The experiment at LLNL was successful,
reported, with the fusion reaction producing about 2.5 megajoules of energy, about 120 percent of the 2.1 megajoules consumed by the laser. did you see? This is all about reverse "gain".
As you all know, nuclear fusion produces a very large amount of energy—four times that of nuclear fission reactions. With just a few grams of reactants, it is theoretically possible to generate a tera (trillion) joules of energy, which is about as much energy as a person in a developed country would need in 60 years.
Therefore, once this process is realized and used, it must be a good thing for our earth. Human beings' development of energy may also become slower, and the pollution to the earth will also be reduced.
The use of coal and other substances will also reduce a lot of emissions. This reverse is really great for the protection of the earth. So, when the warming of our planet is no longer happening, under continuous protection.
The cooling of the earth may also occur, which is indeed a great hope. Therefore, we also look forward to the early announcement of this achievement to achieve global sharing.
Summary
Overall, the nuclear fusion breakthrough in the United States is a good thing. Many people who support this research said that nuclear fusion may be commercialized in ten years or more, and once commercialized , could bring additional benefits, including producing energy without creating the radioactive nuclear waste that today's nuclear fission reactors do.
it will truly be a blessing to mankind. This is why every time we talk about my country's Chang'e-5 lunar exploration project, we expect China to realize the controllable exploitation of energy materials as soon as possible.
Because whoever can take the lead in establishing a base on the moon and mining more nuclear fusion resources can have control over the energy structure of the earth and can directly build on the moonPick up, transport back. Therefore, the lunar mining program needs to be accelerated, and the competition may continue to expand in the future.
Although, this may be "fantasy" to many people. However, with the development of science and technology, it seems that this is no longer a "fantasy", but is constantly becoming a reality. At least from the perspective of the development and research of nuclear fusion this time, it is only a matter of time before the theory becomes reality.
It has to be said that the United States has mastered another advanced technology in the world-the first time to realize the net energy gain of nuclear fusion reaction, and it is also the first technology realized by all mankind.
Therefore, other countries still need to increase their research. The international nuclear fusion agency project has not yet achieved this research result, and a laboratory in the United States has achieved it. This may completely surprise many people. No way, talent shines everywhere. Therefore, it is not surprising that the research came out.
