Humanity had successfully achieved Deuterium-Tritium Fusion for the first time—and not merely for a fleeting instant, but for a full 29 seconds.
The scientific world erupted. The complete release of fusion energy from one gram of deuterium-tritium fuel was equivalent to eight tons of oil. Earth's oceans contained approximately 400 trillion tons of deuterium, enough to support humanity's needs for hundreds of thousands of years.
Although tritium had to be artificially produced through lithium conversion, Earth's lithium resources were abundant enough to make a self-sustaining fuel cycle entirely possible.
The realization of this virtually limitless clean energy also meant an energy revolution was about to begin. As the Calum Science Center publicly announced its experimental results, the stocks of fossil energy giants around the world inevitably plummeted.
Traditional energy sources such as coal, oil, and natural gas were all non-renewable primary energy sources. Moreover, the carbon dioxide emissions produced by burning them accounted for an ever-increasing share of global greenhouse gases. Compared with controllable nuclear fusion, which produced zero carbon emissions, fossil fuels did not even hold an advantage in cost. Their elimination was only a matter of time.
But it had all come too quickly—so quickly that the entire world had been caught unprepared.
Buckingham Palace.
The palace's private, non-public office area.
The Queen personally called the Calum Science Center to offer her regards. During her conversation with Vincent, she noticed that aside from his exhaustion, he seemed somewhat dissatisfied with the experimental results.
There was nothing to be done about that. Graphene applications were still at the most basic stage, and there was still a long road ahead before composite materials could be developed.
"Mr. Wayne, controllable nuclear fusion is the ultimate dream of all humanity. It was always going to take generations, perhaps even more than ten