I Just Have to do this

So for my last post, I am going to be talking about my second green technology. That being Iron Man's power core. Now many of you may be thinking, is that really even possible? Well, that is one of the main questions which I wish to explore.

Iron Man's power core is called an Arc Reactor. An arc reactor is basically a nuclear fusion reactor. However, the science used in the movie and in cartoons portraying to the reactor is unfortunately incorrect. However, there are many different opinions about whether or not such a device could be made with some tweaking to the science behind it. For instance, look at the history of just the past century or so. We went from barely having cars to having all of the amazing technology there is today. So if we are able to tweak the science, then a portable nuclear fusion reactor such as the are reactor may one day become possible.

Why would this kind of power source be good?
To answer the above question, we have to look at nuclear fusion reactors. Fusion reactors are able to produce all of their energy with just hydrogen atoms and neutrons (the sun is just a big fusion reactor). This reaction would produce no greenhouse gases, and produce no waste that is long-lived enough to matter. So we would have a completely clean, environmentally friendly energy source that is unending.

Scientists expect to have fusion reactors up and running within the next 15 years and have them as a viable power source for the civilized world by the mid-21st century. Nuclear power truly could be the power source of the future.

Unfortunately, the technology to make a small nuclear reactor such as what iron man wears is still quite some time off, if we ever actually can achieve it. However, I think that the ability to make such power cores will one day be made possible (as long as global warming doesn't kill us all off first =p).

Other source:
http://www.ofes.fusion.doe.gov/whatisfusion.shtml