Star Power on Earth: The Path to a Limitless Clean Energy Future

Published: Feb. 1, 2010, 8 p.m.

b'Ed Moses, Director of the National Ignition Facility describes the path to a limitless supply of clean, safe energy. He explains how the world\\u2019s biggest, most energetic laser works and it\\u2019s goals. Nearing completion, the NIF will focus its giant laser beams on a tiny target filled with hydrogen. The goal is to replicate the conditions inside our sun and create, at a small size, its life-giving energy. Creating this sun process in the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is fundamental to the vision of developing limitless, clean, carbon-free, safe and environmentally friendly energy to meet the world\'s increased energy. Series: "Lawrence Livermore National Lab Science on Saturday" [Science] [Show ID: 17642]'