Race for Fusion Energy | Nuclear Fusion vs Fission | Building a Star on Earth | The AI Power Crunch

For decades, nuclear fusion was the "energy source of the future"—and it always felt 30 years away. But everything changed in late 2022.

In this video, we dive into the high-stakes global race to build a commercial fusion power plant. We’ll explore why the old skepticism is dying, the massive breakthroughs at the National Ignition Facility, and how new superconducting magnets from MIT have turned fusion from a science experiment into a multi-billion dollar industry.

With AI data centers demanding more power than ever, companies like Microsoft, Google, and Nvidia are no longer waiting for governments; they are backing startups to get fusion on the grid by 2028. Is this the end of carbon emissions and the beginning of limitless energy?

In this video, we cover:

The Energy Trilemma: Why we need clean, reliable, and abundant power NOW.

Fusion vs. Fission: Why fusion is inherently safe and produces no long-lived waste.

The "Wright Brothers Moment": Breaking down the 2022 Net Energy Gain milestone.

The secret sauce: High-Temperature Superconducting Magnets.

Private vs. Public: How startups like Helion and CFS are outpacing massive government projects.

The final hurdles: Materials, Tritium fuel cycles, and Economics.

Timestamps: 00:00 - Introduction: A Star on Earth 01:34 - The Energy Trilemma & The AI Power Crunch 02:40 - Fusion 101: The Power of 13,000 Tons of Coal 03:56 - Why has it taken so long? The Engineering Challenge 04:56 - The Breakthroughs: Ignition and Super-Magnets 06:22 - The Private Sector Race: Microsoft, Google, & Helion 07:11 - The Final Hurdles: Materials and Economics 07:53 - Conclusion: A New Era of Energy

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