

331 | One Small Step Towards a Fusion Energy Breakthrough with Charles Seife
Jan 19, 2023
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Introduction
00:00 • 2min
What Is Fusion Energy?
01:52 • 3min
Using Fission in Power Plants
04:34 • 2min
Nuclear Fusion
06:54 • 3min
What Would a World Power by Fusion Look Like?
10:23 • 2min
Are the Ideal Scenarios of Fusion Inherently Cheap?
12:29 • 4min
What Do You Think About Short, Medium and Long Term Solutions?
16:40 • 3min
The Strange History of Fusion and the Science of Wishful Thinking
19:59 • 3min
Climate Change and the Moonshots
23:24 • 4min
What Is a Megajoule?
27:00 • 2min
NIFS Laser Fusion Power Plant
29:09 • 4min
Fusion Energy Research - A Zero Sum Game?
33:34 • 4min
The Kitty-Hood Moment
37:35 • 5min
How Does Imagination Outrun Practicality in Fusion Technology?
42:28 • 4min
Sun in a Bottle, Strange History of Fusion
46:34 • 4min
Is Fusion the Answer to Climate Change?
50:54 • 3min
What's Your Guide for Arrogance?
53:33 • 3min
Is Stephen Hawking Really the World's Greatest Genealogist?
56:33 • 2min