Energy secretary shares when nuclear fusion energy might be widely used
Energy secretary shares when nuclear fusion energy might be widely used
CNN’s Kate Bolduan speaks with US Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm about the scientific breakthrough in nuclear fusion energy and what it could mean for a clean energy future. #CNN #News
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2.335 -> >>> TOP OFFICIALS AT THE
4.204 -> DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY JUST
5.472 -> ANNOUNCED A HISTORY-MAKING
10.777 -> SCIENTIFIC ACHIEVEMENT
11.377 -> ACCOMPLISHING A DECADES LONG
16.783 -> QUEST TO HARNESS FUSION THAT
17.484 -> POWERS THE SUN AND STARS.
19.385 -> RENE MARSH HAS MUCH MORE DETAIL.
20.687 -> WHAT DID WE JUST HEAR FROM THE
22.422 -> ENERGY DEPARTMENT ON THIS WHAT
23.523 -> AND DOES IT MEAN FOR THE FUTURE
24.924 -> OF CLEAN ENERGY?
26.025 -> >> YEAH, SO THE SCIENTISTS AT
27.527 -> THIS DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY LAB IN
30.13 -> CALIFORNIA, THEY HAVE
31.698 -> EFFECTIVELY FIGURED OUT HOW TO
34.934 -> BOTTLE THE SUN.
36.703 -> THEY WERE USING 192 LIT HIGH
40.34 -> POWER LASERS TO FORCE AND HEAT
43.576 -> FUSING THE ATOMS TOGETHER,
45.345 -> UNLEASHING THIS POWER THAT
47.247 -> REPLICATES THE CONDITIONS THAT
48.114 -> WE SEE IN THE SUN AND THE STARS.
50.15 -> BUT ON DECEMBER 5th, THAT IS
52.452 -> WHEN THE BREAKTHROUGH HAPPENED
53.619 -> FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME, THIS
55.088 -> FUSION PROCESS PRODUCED MORE
57.09 -> ENERGY THAN WAS USED BY THE
59.159 -> LASERS TO DRIVE IT.
61.861 -> AND THAT IS SO CRITICAL.
62.495 -> IN ORDER FOR ANYTHING TO BE A
63.563 -> VIABLE ENERGY SOURCE, THE OUTPUT
65.698 -> OF ENERGY MUST FAR OUTWEIGH THE
68.268 -> INPUT OF ENERGY USED TO GENERATE
72.906 -> IT.
73.173 -> THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
77.477 -> SECRETARY JENNIFER GRANHOLM
79.846 -> SAYING THIS IS ONE OF THE FEATS
81.047 -> OF THE CENTURY AND THIS IS MORE
82.782 -> THAN 60 YEARS IN THE MAKING.
84.284 -> TAKE A LISTEN.
86.619 -> >> IT TOOK NOT JUST ONE
89.021 -> GENERATION BUT GENERATIONS OF
91.324 -> PEOPLE PURSUING THIS GOAL.
92.859 -> AND IT IS A SCIENTIFIC
95.094 -> MILESTONE, SCIENTIFIC ENERGY
96.996 -> BREAK EVEN TO ACHIEVE THIS.
98.565 -> BUT OF COURSE AS WITH ALL OF
100.032 -> THESE KINDS OF COMPLEX SCIENT
103.203 -> ISK UNDERTAKINGS IT IS AN
108.174 -> ENGINEERING MARVEL BEYOND
109.108 -> BELIEF.
109.442 -> >> AND OF COURSE THIS IS NOT
110.41 -> JUST A BIG DEAL FOR THE
113.58 -> SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY IT WILL
115.481 -> HAVE THE ABOUT TO CHANGE NOT THE
121.054 -> WAY NOT ONLY WE KPLUCONSUME AND
122.822 -> OUR SOURCE OF ENERGY FOR EVERY
123.823 -> DAY LIVES.
124.591 -> >> JOINING ME NOW IS THE
127.093 -> SECRETARY OF ENERGY JENNIFER
128.461 -> GRANHOLM.
128.828 -> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
130.463 -> WHAT DOES THE MILESTONE MEAN FOR
132.632 -> THE QUEST FOR CLEAN ENERGY
134.3 -> SOURCES.
134.634 -> HO YOU WOULD YOU DESCRIBE IT
135.868 -> NOW?
136.168 -> >> THE FACT THAT WE HAVE BEEN
139.672 -> TRYING, WE AS A NATION, AS A
141.574 -> SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY ACROSS THE
143.676 -> WORLD HAVE BEEN TRYING FOR OVER
145.578 -> 60 YEARS TO ACHIEVE WHAT IS
146.579 -> KNOWN AS IGNITION, WHICH IS --
150.783 -> WAS DESCRIBED AND IT MEANS THAT
151.751 -> MORE ENERGY CAME OUT OF THE
153.286 -> REACTIONS THAN WERE PUT INTO IT.
154.921 -> A LITTLE BIT MORE.
157.056 -> THIS IS JUST A -- THIS IS ONE
158.324 -> EXPERIMENT.
158.725 -> BUT IT HAD NEVER BEEN ACHIEVED
160.66 -> BEFORE.
160.994 -> AND THAT MEANS THAT IT IS
162.762 -> POSSIBLE.
163.129 -> IT ESSENTIALLY UNLOCKED A WHOLE
165.565 -> NEW SOURCE OF CLEAN ENERGY.
168 -> NOW, YOU KNOW FUSION IS WHERE
170.036 -> TWO PARTICLES COME TOGETHER,
174.007 -> ATOMIC PARTICLES AND FISSION IS
177.677 -> WHERE YOU SPLIT AN ATOM.
179.412 -> AND SO THE SPLITTING CREATES
182.215 -> NUCLEAR WASTE.
183.349 -> THIS, THE FUSION, THE ATOM,
187.353 -> WHICH IS WHY FUSION IS SUCH AN
189.489 -> IMPORTANT QUEST, CREATES NO
192.692 -> WASTE.
192.992 -> IF WE COULD GET THIS SCALE SO-T
195.428 -> WOULD BE AMAJOR ENDEAVOR OF
197.33 -> ACHIEVING THE GOAL OF ZERO
199.399 -> CARBON EMISSION POWER.
200.032 -> >> WE KNOW IT IS NOT TOMORROW.
201.868 -> BUT HOW LONG UNTIL YOU THINK
203.636 -> NUCLEAR FUSION CAN AND WILL
205.638 -> POWER HOMES, POWER BUSINESSES?
208.908 -> >> YEAH, I MEAN, THE REALLY
210.743 -> INTERESTING PART OF THIS, KATE,
211.911 -> IS THAT THERE IS A HUGE AMOUNT
213.546 -> OF PRIVATE SECTOR INTEREST IN
215.548 -> THIS.
216.349 -> SO THERE IS OBVIOUSLY BEEN VERY
219.852 -> SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC INVESTMENTS,
220.953 -> WE'VE GONE 17 NATIONAL LABS, A
223.056 -> GOOD NUMBER OF THOEM ARE WORKIN
225.958 -> ON THESE SOLUTIONS.
226.793 -> BUT NOW THAT WE'VE GOTTEN CLOSER
228.027 -> AND CLOSER, THE PRIVATE SECTOR
229.729 -> IS ALSO VERY INTERESTED IN THIS.
231.898 -> SO THE PRESIDENT HAS A TEN-YEAR
233.566 -> GOLD OF GETTING TO A COMMERCIAL
236.402 -> FUSION REACTOR.
237.437 -> AND HE ANNOUNCED THAT GOAL THIS
239.238 -> PAST SUMMER.
240.039 -> SO WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT WITH, YOU
244.744 -> KNOW, IN A DECADE, WE MIGHT BE
246.446 -> THERE.
246.746 -> WE HAVE A GOAL OF GETTING TO NET
250.049 -> ZERO ENERGY BY 2050 SO THAT
252.418 -> WOULD BE WITHIN THAT TIME FRAME.
253.419 -> AND BUT NOW THAT THIS
255.455 -> BREAKTHROUGH HAS HAPPENED, THE
257.09 -> SCIENTISTS COULD GO TO WORK ON
259.092 -> IMPROVING THE PROCESS.
260.493 -> OF MAKING, IN THIS PARTICULAR
263.129 -> TYPE OF FUSION, IT WAS WITH
265.164 -> LASERS.
265.498 -> SO THEY WOULD WORK ON MAKING THE
267.266 -> LASERS MORE POWERFUL.
268.467 -> THEY WORK ON OTHER ASPECTS OF
271.537 -> THE ACTUAL REACTION THAT MAKES
273.906 -> IT MORE POWERFUL, MORE OUTPUT.
276.743 -> BUT THERE IS A LOT MORE PROGRESS
279.579 -> THAT IS EVEN BEING MADE IN A
280.946 -> DIFFERENT KIND OF FUSION WITH
282.348 -> MAGNETS.
282.682 -> SO IT IS REALLY EXCITING TO SEE
283.783 -> THAT BOTH OF THESE TYPES OF
285.684 -> FUSION ARE BEING LOOKED AT BY
287.086 -> THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND THEY HAVE
288.488 -> EVERY INCENTIVE TO MOVE QUICKLY.
290.289 -> >> WHENEVER THIS IS A
295.261 -> COMPLISHED, THAT IS FANTASTIC.
298.598 -> BUT HERE IS WHY TIME DOES
299.232 -> MATTER.
299.565 -> ABOUT A FUZZ NATIONS AND THE OIL
301.667 -> INDUSTRY CONTINUE ON THE PATH
303.169 -> THEY'RE ON, BY THE TIME IT IS
305.772 -> COMMERCIALLY VIABLE ALL OF THE
307.073 -> WORST TIPPING POINTS WHEN IT
308.441 -> COMES TO THE CLIMATE CRISIS
309.976 -> COULD VERY WELL ALREADY BE
311.844 -> CROSSED.
312.378 -> WE COULD ALREADY BE TO THE POINT
313.212 -> OF NO RETURN.
315.314 -> AT THE SAME TIME THE PRESIDENT
316.215 -> SPENT A GOOD PART OF THIS PAST
318.017 -> YEAR TELLING OIL PRODUCERS LIKE
319.719 -> OPEC TO PRODUCE MORE BECAUSE OF
322.021 -> THE OTHER CRISES THAT WE'RE
324.724 -> FACING AROUND THE WORLD.
326.692 -> SO WHAT DO YOU DO ABOUT THAT?
328.428 -> >> FIRST OF ALL, IT IS CLEAR
329.695 -> THAT WE NEED TO HAVE ENOUGH
331.197 -> POWER TO GET PEOPLE TO PUT GAS
332.632 -> IN THEIR CARS AND TO HEAT THEIR
335.735 -> HOMES.
336.035 -> THAT IS THE NOW.
336.969 -> AND THE REALITY.
338.337 -> BUT WE ARE ACCELERATING THIS
342.041 -> TRANSITION TO A CLEAN ENERGY
344.41 -> FUTURE.
344.744 -> FUSION IS ONE OF THE PIECES, BUT
347.213 -> IT IS NOT ONLY PIECE.
348.481 -> IT HAS HUGE PROMISE BUT WE HAVE
349.782 -> A LOST WORK TO DO.
351.384 -> THAT IS WHY ACCELERATING CLEAN
353.018 -> ENERGY, WHETHER IT IS WIND OR
354.42 -> SOLAR OR CLEAN HYDROGEN, AND
358.357 -> ELECTRIFYING TRANSPORTATIONMENT
359.191 -> ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT WERE
361.327 -> PASSED IN THE PRESIDENT'S
362.561 -> AGENDA, THROUGH THE INFLATION
363.796 -> REDUCTION ACT AND THE BIPARTISAN
365.498 -> INFRASTRUCTURE LAW, THOSE ARE
367.166 -> ALL PROCEEDING WITH THE PEDAL TO
370.47 -> THE METAL.
371.237 -> SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT ALL
372.572 -> OF THOSE.
374.173 -> CLEARLY WE HAVE FIGURED OUT HOW
375.975 -> TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DEPLOY
378.244 -> ENOUGH CLEAN ENERGY THROUGH
379.545 -> THESE INCENTIVES TO CUT OUR
381.881 -> EMISSIONS AS A NATION IN HALF BY
384.183 -> 50% AND GET TO NET ZERO BY 2050.
388.621 -> BUT WE HAVE A LOT MORE WORK TO
390.389 -> MAKE SURE IT IS NOT JUST THE
392.024 -> UNITED STATES BUT OTHER
392.892 -> COUNTRIES AS WELL.
393.626 -> SO OUR EXAMPLE IN THE FUSION AS
395.528 -> WELL AS IN OTHER OF THE
396.495 -> TECHNOLOGIES AND POLICIES ARE
397.53 -> BEING LOOKED AT VERY SERIOUSLY
398.931 -> BY OTHER COUNTRIES WHO ALSO WANT
400.733 -> TO DO THEIR PART.
401.734 -> >> BEFORE WE GO, I DO WANT TO
403.202 -> ASK YOU ABOUT THE ENERGY
405.371 -> ASSISTANCE PROMISED BY THE
406.272 -> ADMINISTRATION TO UKRAINE TO
407.173 -> HELP REPAIR THE ENERGY
408.441 -> INFRASTRUCTURE.
409.141 -> I BELIEVE IT WAS $53 MILLION
410.877 -> ANNOUNCED AND WAS PROMISED.
412.578 -> WHERE ARE YOU IN GETTING THAT
414.447 -> ASSISTANCE OVER TO UKRAINE?
416.916 -> >> YEAH, THE ASSISTANCE IS
418.451 -> REALLY IN THE FORM OF EQUIPMENT
421.52 -> TO REPAIR THEIR ELECTRIC GRID
422.922 -> WHICH AS YOU KNOW IS BEING
424.59 -> BOMBED ON A REGULAR BASIS BY
427.226 -> RUSSIA.
428.994 -> AND SO IN PARTNERING WITH OUR
429.662 -> UTILITIES ACROSS THE NATION,
430.53 -> WE'VE IDENTIFIED EQUIPMENT THAT
432.698 -> IS ACTUALLY RIGHT NOW AS WE
435.301 -> SPEAK IN TRANSIT TO UKRAINE AS
439.005 -> THE FIRST TRANCHE, IF YOU WILL,
440.64 -> OF EQUIPMENT THAT WE ARE SENDING
441.908 -> AS A NATION TO HELP -- TO HELP
446.512 -> UKRAINE.
446.846 -> THE DEPUTY ENERGY SECRETARY DAVE
448.113 -> TURK IS IN FRANCE RIGHT PLNOW.
451.651 -> THERE IS A CONFERENCE CONVENING
452.852 -> ALL OF THE COUNTRIES TO SEE WHAT
454.72 -> THEY COULD DO TO DONATE
456.122 -> EQUIPMENT, GET EQUIPMENT OVER TO
457.557 -> UKRAINE SO THAT THEY COULD TURN
458.958 -> ON THEIR LIGHTS AND POWER THEIR
460.726 -> HOMES DURING THE WINTER.
461.961 -> >> YEAH.
463.362 -> ZELENSKYY SAYING TODAY THAT 800
469.835 -> MILLION PLUS IS NEEDED IN ORDER
470.603 -> TO REVERSE THE DAMAGE DONE BY
471.27 -> THE EXTENSIVE BOMBING TO PROTECT
472.004 -> THEM THROUGH THE WINTER.
472.605 -> SO MUCH NEEDED AND IT IS HEADING
473.906 -> OVER THERE NOW.
474.407 -> SECRETARY, THANKS FOR YOUR TIME.
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