00:03over the last couple of years there have been some major breakthroughs with regards to fusion
00:07energy which is essentially harnessing the same power that energizes the sun now researchers
00:12have achieved quite possibly the biggest breakthrough yet as they have now confirmed
00:16that their laser-driven reaction created more energy than it took to initiate the experiment
00:21involved firing 2.05 megajoules of lasers at a fuel source fusing them into helium and producing
00:273.15 megajoules of energy as a result this was proof that we could potentially create basically
00:33unlimited clean energy passing the scientific break-even point with the researchers writing
00:38quote this achievement is the culmination of more than five decades of research and gives proof that
00:43laboratory fusion based on fundamental physics principles is possible however that was only
00:48their first ignition test subsequent tests with better dialed equipment have resulted in more
00:53energy output in fact one of their more recent tests conducted in 2023 resulted in 3.88 megajoules
00:59of energy being created from the same 2.5 megajoule fuel that's nearly twice the energy created as was
01:05needed to start the fusion reaction still experts say commercial fusion energy is still decades away
01:10meaning our need for other green energy sources remains
01:14meaning our need for other cities
01:15to list
01:15so please
01:15you
01:15to choose
01:16let me know
01:16oh
01:19i
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