"Eventually, Laberge had his “aha” moment: a precision controlled piston that hammers giant shock waves into a magnetized sphere — slamming atoms together hard enough to fuse and create energy."
"The State Grid Company had previously set an aggressive target of building a robust smart grid in China by 2020 and plans to invest $600 billion in developing its national smart grid over the next decade."
Coal is still very relevant. US has lots of it, and it’s our primary source of electricity. It’s what keeps those data centers running. And the Nissan Leaf, and the Chevy Volt, and the iPad.