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Fusion Energy could change the planet. But what is it and why don't we have it? Physicists Andrew Zwicker, Arturo Dominguez and Stefan Gerhardt explain how Fusion energy could be a gamechanger for the world's energy problems.

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Recorded and Animated by Jorge Cham (http://jorgecham.com)
Additional Camera: Elle Starkman

Produced in Partnership with the Princeton Plasma Laboratory (http://pppl.gov).