General Fusion
General Fusion is a company that wants to make energy by doing something called "fusion". Fusion is like when two things come together to make one thing, except that it's when two atoms come together to create energy. It's a process that happens naturally in the sun, which gives us light and heat every day. Scientists have been trying to figure out how to do fusion on Earth for a long time because it could provide us with lots of energy without making pollution.
General Fusion has a special way of trying to do this. They want to use something called "compression". It's like squeezing a sponge really hard so that all the water comes out really fast! In the same way, General Fusion wants to squeeze hydrogen atoms really hard so that they become one thing and release a lot of energy.
The way they do this is by using many small machines called "submarines" that shoot sound waves at a ball filled with hydrogen atoms. When the ball is squeezed by the sound waves, the atoms become one thing and create energy.
This process is called a "fusion reaction". It releases a lot of heat, which can then be used to make steam and turn turbines to create electricity. General Fusion hopes that they can make fusion energy more available and less expensive than it has been in the past. This could be really cool because it would mean we could have clean and affordable energy for everyone!
General Fusion has a special way of trying to do this. They want to use something called "compression". It's like squeezing a sponge really hard so that all the water comes out really fast! In the same way, General Fusion wants to squeeze hydrogen atoms really hard so that they become one thing and release a lot of energy.
The way they do this is by using many small machines called "submarines" that shoot sound waves at a ball filled with hydrogen atoms. When the ball is squeezed by the sound waves, the atoms become one thing and create energy.
This process is called a "fusion reaction". It releases a lot of heat, which can then be used to make steam and turn turbines to create electricity. General Fusion hopes that they can make fusion energy more available and less expensive than it has been in the past. This could be really cool because it would mean we could have clean and affordable energy for everyone!