00:00Did you know the Moon is sitting on a fuel worth trillions of dollars?
00:04It's called Helium-3.
00:07On Earth, it's extremely rare, almost non-existent.
00:11But on the Moon, there are an estimated 1 million tons of it.
00:16Why?
00:16For billions of years, the Sun has been blasting the Moon with solar wind.
00:21Since the Moon has no magnetic field to protect it, Helium-3 just got embedded right into the lunar dust.
00:28So why do we care?
00:30Because Helium-3 could be the perfect fuel for nuclear fusion.
00:35Unlike the fusion we have today, Helium-3 fusion produces almost no radioactive waste, no dangerous meltdown, just clean, insane
00:45amounts of energy.
00:47Scientists estimate that just 25 tons of Helium-3 could power the entire United States for a whole year.
00:55However, the amount on the Moon could power humanity for thousands of years.
01:00The next gold rush won't be for gold.
01:02It will be for Helium.
01:04It will be for Helium-3.
01:04Just a second gold rush won't get rid of.
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