Laser nuclear fusion : towards the end of global warming : abondant energy without pollution

Towards the end of global warming

Abundant energy without pollution

In 1960, following a request from General de Gaulle, the Compagnie Générale d'Electricité (CGE) decided to create a research center at Marcoussis.

It was there that Jean Robieux discovered that concentrating a short laser impulse on a small sphere resulted in creating a high temperature within dense matter. This make it possible to obtain fusion of the nuclei. A new method of producing energy made its appearance. A proposal to undertake research in order to reach this objective was transmitted to General de Gaulle on November 26, 1962. He approved the idea, and work began immediately.

André Brin, Director of the Département de Physique Générale de Limeil of the Direction des Applications Militaires (DAM) of the Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique (CEA) was in charge of this task. The research centre of CGE, at Marcoussis had to make the lasers for the experiments carried out at Limeil.

In 1967, the lasers built at Marcoussis were thirty times more powerful than those in the rest of the world. The President of the United States asked France for help in this area, and the General immediately agreed. This was the start of a co-operative relationship that continues to this day.

In 1969 Limeil achieved a laser fusion experiment which had a great importance.

Jean Robieux shows why it is practically certain that towards 2080, laser nuclear fusion will enable us to produce abundant pollution-free electrical energy at a reasonable cost. If the crucial decisions are taken rapidly and at a high enough level, this objective could probably be reached a bit sooner.

The action of this electrical energy on matter, for example a mixture of CO₂ and H₂, would enable us to produce liquid or easily liquefiable fuels. We would not have to use oil or gas and the greenhouse effect would cease.

This energy would also enable us to produce great quantities of food. Today this is done with using energy from the sun. Laser fusion would use the energy contained in the mass of Deuterium, an element found everywhere. Obtaining energy from such a common source could lead to the end of hunger in the world.

Laser nuclear fusion would enable mankind to live for countless millennia without having to worry about global warming or hunger.