Fusion announcement tomorrow

To generate electricity, absent wind and solar, you boil water and run steam through a turbine attached to a generator to generate electricity.

You boil water by heating it with oil, coal, natural gas, biomass, and nuclear (fission).

Fusion is another way to heat water.

So, you have to contain the plasma, which is at the temperature of the sun. Pull out the periodic table. It shows all the known materials in the universe. No combination of those elements can be mixed to produce a vessel to withstand the temperatures of the fusion process plasma. None.

So the container has to be a strong magnetic field, which takes energy. So the energy output of the fusion process has to exceed the energy input of the magnetic field necessary to contain and control the plasma.

Then you have to figure out how to physically heat water to create steam through the magnetic field.

Btw, no one in western societies burn oil to generate electricity. It’s coal, natural gas, nuclear, and biomass. Solar and wind is less than 5%, and needs backup from conventional sources to ensure a reliable 24/7 grid. Hydro is around 9%. Fossil fuels and nuclear are about 85%.

So think about this as your doe energy secretary, former governor of Michigan and career politician talks about this groundbreaking fusion experiment. By government scientists.

Yes, I’m skeptical. This is my background for over 40 years and I’ve seen more bs on this than I care to remember.

Btw, the first time I drive by a wind farm with all wind turbines working will be the first time.