We Don’t Need Fusion Reactors… Yet.

At least, not in a few centuries.

Science Fiction Depiction of a Fusion Reaction (courtesy of Dall-E2)

For decades, there has been talks of developing fusion reactors to solve humanity’s need for energy. Nuclear fusion, or simply “fusion” is the process of joining elements or atoms together through extreme forces forming new elements, this generates a ton of energy. In a way it is the complete opposite of fission. It is also the same type of process that powers our sun…