Quite often, during hurricane or typhoon seasons, there would be someone asking themselves: wouldn’t it be great if energy of this magnitude unleashed from nature could be somehow controlled and utilized?
One thing worth mentioning here is the first law of thermal dynamics: the conservation of energy principle. The energy for “controlling” and “utilizing” cannot just come out of blue, it has to come from somewhere. The mechanical or otherwise orderly humanly “controlled” energy could be consumed and wasted in the process of trying to “control” the random and untamed energy born out of natural disasters. The end results could often lead to a negative gain of usable energy.
Energy from atomic reaction primarily comes out as “heat” in unordered random forms. Existing “controlled” nuclear reactions – fission – is already demanding tremendous amount of energy to be made becoming suitable for domestic use. It’s reasonable to deduct that even if one day controlled fusion becomes possible, the percentage or total amount of energy used to bridle the release of energy, could be even greater than the amount used to control nuclear fission.
In energy exploration, the strength people often touted about nuclear reaction is its energy conversion efficiency. During such energy conversions, “chain reactions” is the type of “reaction” that’s superior than physical action/reaction or chemical reactions, by approaching the 100% conversion rate. As mankind progress further into the 21st century, quantum energy exploration also triggers “chain reactions” and can also possess energy conversion rates close to 100%.
Therefore along with emergence, maturity and wider application of quantum energy for domestic use, the need for controlled fusion in the same field becomes superfluous.