143. The Fusion Energy Breakthrough vs. Climate Change

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A net energy gain for fusion in a lab is a landmark scientific achievement but we're decades away from commercialization according to experts. We have to decarbonize the planet by 2050. Will fusion energy contribute? Utility solar farm that lays the panels flat on the ground is commissioned. The Salton Sea in California could provide all the United States lithium needs and then some (</span><strong>CNBC video</strong> <a href= "https://www.cnbc.com/video/2022/05/04/how-the-troubled-salton-sea-could-supply-the-us-with-green-lithium.html#:~:text=How%20the%20Salton%20Sea%20could,fuel%20the%20electric%20vehicle%20revolution."> <strong>link</strong></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">). And it could be the greenest lithium in the world. The Keystone pipeline spills its wares all over Kansas.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Will traditional nuclear energy be effective to reach our climate goals? A</span> <a href= "https://web.stanford.edu/group/efmh/jacobson/Articles/I/NuclearVsWWS.pdf"> <strong>study</strong></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">casts shade on that idea.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">17:36 -</span> <strong>The fusion breakthrough in California</strong><span style= "font-weight: 400;">. What it doesn't mean for the race to net zero and what it does mean for our grandchildren.</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Free New York Times</span> <a href= "https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/12/science/nuclear-fusion-energy-breakthrough.html?unlocked_article_code=zFiTCaMc9gFIT1-uPkFmh6wJE9s3CwZsNUgQL5klICM_09HQk3ZlP2G9Ndok7406wt48Yy2tHMvWBx6-XgwCcSUw6Ki27vAmVCPOsvtqXOl0F8JnfNIgWsuNw0fqf6GZDLl7iqZvL3ZLsXlTVnRaLh5XYdpwtbnc3bfo87o7EwR62ntY_pYZeHS9SUnP_QW445uT4aph6djoKHVcBYKG32CQuJUrMNOZpelLSV0fVGC-K6jbHubHF7QztDMemNzXV5EIiRVkLQqsXoXHM2tjfS3vJ8qM_0RDQkZ0YT874mM11pQGq76mTuOxYPqzN2sb63nOgA3AmSfFBjmDgWp5gRm1U8--nto7pT_JyA&smid=share-url"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">article</span></a> <span style=