So Yoda sounds like our best bet as an energy source. But with world electricity consumption pushing 2 terawatts, it would take a hundred million Yodas to meet our demands. All things considered, switching to Yoda power probably isn't worth the trouble – though it would definitely be green.

Randall Munroe
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Yoda power is a proposed type of energy popularized by the fictional character Yoda from the Star Wars series. Yoda power is a form of nuclear fusion, which takes advantage of the fact that, when gases are confined under high pressure, their atoms collide so frequently that they fuse together to form heavier atoms. In the Star Wars universe, this process occurs in a reactor that is powered by small amounts of ytterbium and kyber crystals. The end product is a colorless crystalline solid that fuses to form a metal-like substance called dymium. Dymium can then be used as a fuel for, among other things, spacecraft propulsion.

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