Big laser, bigger implications

Jun 1 – Scientists hope the home of the world’s largest laser will change the way the world produces energy.

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Big laser, bigger implications

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  1. The world’s largest laser lives in Los Angeles.
  2. It has changed the way the world produces energy.
  3. The 192 lasers will produce enough energy to equal the sun.
  4. This laser will be part of the mythology of the sun.
  5. We need to make the sun our friend.
  6. The facility can create a clean and limitless source of energy.
  7. Ignition occurs where the input energy exceeds the energy created by fusion.
  8. The facility will produce games around energy and economic problems.
  9. Nuclear fission is a completely clean form of energy.
  10. Fusion power will soon provide a limitless supply of clean energy.