食料, 人口, エネルギー, 核融合

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Energy is a source of negative entropy, in the sense that energy supplies the high- temperature thermal fluxes for human societies. As food is necessary for the growth of a human being, so is energy necessary for the development of human societies. The recent economic recession halted the increase in oil consumption, and currently the price of oil is relatively low. However, demand for oil will exceed supply, and the price of oil will rise again, when energy consumption per person in developing countries, which make up the majority of the world's population, approaches that of advanced countries. If enduring world peace at a high level of cultural development is to be realised, the world needs a source of energy whose price is both low and free from the fluctuation in supply and demand characteristic of oil. Nuclear fusion may well provide such an energy source, and so offers us the prospect of an ultimate solution to the problem of energy. In this way, it lights a fire.of hope for the future of human society. But while it holds out this great hope, nuclear fusion also presents profound scientific and technological difficulties that must be overcome before this hope can be realised.
帝京平成大学の論文
1995-04-01