As we move into the future society is pushing its focus away from gas and toward the renewable sources of the future. Fusion is a new technology that is looking extremely promising.
One major indicator of its success is the amount of attention it is getting from tech industry leaders. Tech billionaires like Jeff Bezos, Peter Thiel, Bill Gates, and Marc Benioff are among the many pouring money into this fusion technology. Their hope is that it can one day become the clean energy solution of the future.
Fusion has long been known as the energy that powers the stars in our sky, but it was not able to be replicated in a lab until earlier this year. In recent years, there have been significant breakthroughs in fusion technology that made it possible to build fusion reactors efficient enough to scale for production. With a few more years of research, Fusion may finally start to be used as a clean energy alternative such as solar.
Fusion is a preferred energy source for multiple reasons. It produces no greenhouse gasses or any pollutants at all. Fussion power plants would be much more efficient than the fission power plants we have today. The only drawback to Fusion was the difficulty to reproduce it reliably as scientists have been researching it as an alternative for decades.
If the recent interest and headlines in fusion technology are anything to go by, we may finally be approaching a monumental energy revolution. The fact that it is now being endorsed by the world’s most forward-thinking and wealthy individuals only makes it clearer.
Tech Billionaires Bet on Fusion as Holy Grail for Business – WSJ