The Fusion Revolution
The Global Race to Harness the Power of StarsBy Rio Vale
Length7h 41m
About this audiobook
December 5, 2022: The day humanity finally cracked the code to unlimited clean energy.
For the first time in history, scientists achieved fusion ignition—getting more energy out of a controlled fusion reaction than they put in. After 70 years of failed promises, the technology that powers the sun finally worked on Earth.
Now, a $10 billion gold rush is underway as startups race governments to commercialize fusion power before 2030.
Audiobook details
GenreScience and Nature, Technology
Length7 hrs 41 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJun 15, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Dedication
2Acknowledgments
3Chapter 1: “Introduction”
4Chapter 2: “The Moment Everything Changed”
5Chapter 3: “The Physics of Fire”
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6Chapter 4: “The ITER Disappointment”
7Chapter 5: “The Venture Capital Invasion”
8Chapter 6: “Approaches to Stellar Fire”
9Chapter 7: “The Tokamak Builders”
10Chapter 8: “The Laser Path”
11Chapter 9: “The Chinese Surge”
12Chapter 10: “The European and Japanese Response”
13Chapter 11: “The Timeline Wars”
14Chapter 12: “Geopolitics of Unlimited Energy”
15Chapter 13: “The Fuel Question”
16Chapter 14: “The Utility Disruption”
17The Baseload Question
18The Stranded Asset Problem
19Grid Integration: Wires, Not Just Watts
20The Zero Marginal Cost Problem
21Q and the Economic Threshold
22Chapter 15: “The Material Challenge”
23Chapter 16: “The Safety Advantage”
24Chapter 17: “Beyond Electricity”
25Chapter 18: “The Trillion-Dollar Transformation”
26Chapter 19: “The Climate Solution”
27Chapter 20: “The Next Breakthrough”
28Aneutronic Fusion
29Direct Energy Conversion
30AI Plasma Control
31Quantum Effects
32The Questions That Will Decide the Decade
33Chapter 21: “Fire from Heaven”
34Chapter 22: “Conclusion”
35Character Guide
36References & Bibliography
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