HYDROGEN: THE ULTIMATE ENERGY SOURCE.

Abstract

Nuclear fusion of hydrogen provides an attractive source of energy for the Hydrogen Economy. There is plenty of raw material: the oceans and lakes of the world can supply enough heavy hydrogen to satisfy our present needs for countless millenia to come. The process is clean; the only lasting product is inert helium. The exploration of possible methods to unlock this source of energy spans 30 years and as many countries. A solution of this, perhaps the central technological problem of our time, remains elusive, although we are apparently approaching it.