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| | | | PARIS - Physicists have dreamt about it for decades: harnessing the fusion process that powers the sun to make clean, safe and limitless energy. A multinational pact signed Tuesday may bring that dream a step closer to reality.
Seven partners representing half the world's population have agreed to build an experimental fusion reactor in southern France that could revolutionize global energy use for future generations.
Yet it is also just an experiment — a bold, long-awaited, $12.8 billion experiment — and it will be decades before scientists are even sure it works.
The ITER project by the United States, the
European Union, China, India, Russia, Japan and
South Korea will attempt to combat global warming by offering an alternative to fossil fuels. Controlling climate change and finding new energy sources are urgent goals for a growing global population. |
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