Of all the hydrogen in the oceans, 0.0300% of the mass is deuterium. The oceans have a volume of 312 million mi3. (Enter your answer using one of the following formats: 1.2e-3 for 0.0012 and 1.20e+2 for 120..) (a) If nuclear fusion were controlled and all the deuterium in the oceans were fused to42He, how many joules of energy would be released? answer in  Jules (b) World power consumption is about 7.00 ✕ 1012 W. If consumption were 110 times greater, how many years would the energy calculated in part (a) last?  answer in year

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Of all the hydrogen in the oceans, 0.0300% of the mass is deuterium. The oceans have a volume of 312 million mi3. (Enter your answer using one of the following formats: 1.2e-3 for 0.0012 and 1.20e+2 for 120..)

(a) If nuclear fusion were controlled and all the deuterium in the oceans were fused to42He, how many joules of energy would be released?
answer in  Jules

(b) World power consumption is about 7.00 ✕ 1012 W. If consumption were 110 times greater, how many years would the energy calculated in part (a) last?
 answer in year
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