From science.org
https://www.science.org/content/article/historic-explosion-long-sought-fusion-breakthrough
” The [laser] beams are focused on the target—a gold can the size of a pencil eraser containing a peppercorn-size fuel capsule. Heated to millions of degrees, the gold emits x-rays that vaporize the diamond shell of the capsule. The blasted diamond implodes the fuel, compressing and heating it.”
Great so we can produce a net energy gain by VAPORIZING DIAMONDS AND GOLD
Rolling on the floor laughing, limitless energy as long as you have lots of DIAMONDS!
I was merely dismissing the concerns about lack of hydrogen, or the energy budget of obtaining hydrogen, say by electrolysis. This demonstration is not remotely practical, but the net energy obtained by nuclear fusion dwarfs by more than nine orders of magnitude the energy expended obtaining hydrogen, the most common element in the Universe, and quite abundant on earth. Over 80% of all atoms in the Universe are hydrogen.