Do you think it is a coincidence that Jeff Bezos has invested 400 million dollars to build a nuclear power plant? I do not think so. He has understood what the future of energy is and he is certainly not wasting time with wind power or photovoltaics.

Instead, the US government has not yet understood this. Even scientists at the National Ignition Facility have asked for more money to accelerate this technology.

And I’m not talking about nuclear power that is guilty of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombs. That is based on the splitting of atoms. But I’m talking about a new nuclear that scientists are developing.

It’s called nuclear fusion.

It is an energy that does not produce radioactive waste and is not dangerous. That is, there is no risk of it exploding like in Chernobyl.

On the contrary, for example, building and disposing of solar panels causes pollution. Perhaps you are among the many who admire this innovation introduced a few decades ago.

And I confess that I liked it too and like it. I am an almost millionaire Italian entrepreneur and I always make a lot of sacrifices to try to keep up with new technologies and improve my company. So I understand the enthusiasm well.

It is good to continue using wind and photovoltaics. But those who govern us must already look beyond. Not even much further because scientists say that within 10 years we will be able to produce electric current with nuclear fusion.

Let’s get started… This is why we should look to the future…

PHOTOVOLTAIC PANELS ARE TOXIC.

The material from which solar panels are made is toxic and dangerous:

Some amorphous silicon panels and modules have been found to be made with cadmium tellurium. It is a toxic, polluting and poisonous material.

“In the 2011 call, the Environment Committee of the European Parliament identified a series of hazardous substances used in the production of technological equipment. These include cadmium from photovoltaic panels.”

Tellurium is composed of arsenic which attacks the central nervous system, causes cyanosis and destroys the liver.

A study showed that the most promising solar cells in terms of efficiency, those based on the material called perovskite, contain lead that can be released into the environment and absorbed by plants.

It was published in the journal Nature Communication in 2020. The discovery is due to research conducted between China, Germany and Italy, led by Antonio Abate, of the National Research Council (CNR) of Naples.

It is difficult to dispose of them:

They cannot be burned because the fumes would produce polluting and toxic gases for man and the environment;

They cannot be taken to landfills, as they would create pollution in the ground and in the underlying waters due to the content of the metals;

Recycling appears to be the only possible solution even if disposal is not highly guaranteed.

Solar energy is a beautiful thing, but it has its limits. Much better than burning oil, don’t get me wrong if you did.

But today there is something extraordinary that we are discovering.

“Nuclear fusion is the same process that occurs in the atoms inside the sun and stars and gives them all that energy and heat.”

It is another thing from what you might imagine.