Climate Change over PhD
Plasma energy PhD write up Introduction Background and Context Global energy demand continues to rise, while reliance on fossil fuels contributes to climate change, environmental degradation, and geopolitical instability. Conventional energy systems are constrained by finite resources and harmful emissions. Nuclear fusion, often described as the “holy grail” of energy, promises abundant, clean power but remains technologically elusive due to the extreme conditions required for sustained reactions. In the early 1980s, anomalous observations in fossil fuel flames suggested that combustion might involve processes beyond conventional chemistry. Specifically, faint X ray emissions and disproportionate heat outputs were detected during methane combustion. These anomalies raised the possibility that plasma states within flames could host nuclear scale interactions. This thesis investigates the hypothesis that fusion like phenomena may occur in plasma environments at modest tempe...