On December 5th, 2022, a capsule, the size of half of a BB, gets hit by x-rays generated by

192 lasers aimed at a capsule at Lawrence Livermore Laboratory.

And for the first time in history, create a fusion reaction that generates more power than

it took to create it.

This is the breaking news out of the Department of Energy announced the day that we record this.

And gentlemen, I just want to talk to you about the implications of nuclear fusion in this particular kind of nuclear fusion,

which is referred to as inertial confinement fusion, not to be confused

with another kind that's related to magnetic forces.

In any case, I'm Scott out with Bill Whittle and Stephen Green, and this right angle is brought

to you by the members of Bill Whittle.com.

And men, it seems like such a small thing.

And in fact, the measurement of this fusion reaction

and the energy that came off of it, essentially two megajoules in,

three megajoules out.

So that was the measurement.

So they were trying to generate more energy than they put into it.

The time that this energy production lasted was measured, it was less than the time that light can travel one inch.

So this is, I heard somebody on the news refer to it as a, as the blink of an eye.

I'm like, no, no, no, no, no.

Nobody blinks their eye that fast.

So in any case, they have managed to create a little ignition event here that generated energy beyond what was put into it.

And the announcement came from Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm, and then several other

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