Is Cold Fusion Real? Why The Scientific Discovery Is Critical For Fallout's Future

Warning: Contains SPOILERS for Fallout!

Summary Cold Fusion is a hypothetical scientific concept with potential to revolutionize energy production in the world of Fallout.

Dr. Wilzig's discovery of Cold Fusion makes him a target for various factions in Fallout seeking its world-changing power.

The introduction of Cold Fusion in Fallout promises to reshape the wasteland, providing limitless power for rebuilding society.

Cold fusion is one of the most important elements in Amazon Prime Video's Fallout TV show, and here's what it is and why it is critical for the future of Fallout. Although Fallout is a wacky sci-fi series, it does base a lot of its world-building on real science, with the Fallout TV show pushing this even further. The Fallout TV show makes Cold Fusion a major part of the franchise's lore, and while this new addition may be confusing for some fans of the show, here's what Cold Fusion is in the real world and how it will change Fallout.

Amazon Prime Video's Fallout TV show is finally here, with all eight episodes of the critically acclaimed live-action adaptation of the beloved video game series of the same name having dropped at once on the streaming service. The Fallout TV show finally brought the world of the Fallout games to live-action, with the series anchoring its story around three characters: a Vault dweller named Lucy, a Brotherhood of Steel squire named Maximus, and a Ghoul named Cooper. Their journeys through the wasteland may start out separately, but one thing brings them all together: Cold Fusion.

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Cold Fusion Is Still A Hypothetical Scientific Concept

And It Would Be World Changing

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Cold Fusion is not something that was invented for the Fallout TV show, as it has been talked about in real life long before Fallout. Although it is an incredibly complex topic, Cold Fusion is essentially the process of creating a nuclear reaction at room temperature. Nuclear reactions currently have to occur at incredibly high temperatures, such as in atomic bombs, with this being the main reason that they are so dangerous and difficult to pull off. However, Cold Fusion would cut out this temperature necessity, making nuclear reactions much more usable and efficient.

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However, Cold Fusion is still a hypothetical scientific concept in the real world. Although experiments have been run, many treat Cold Fusion as an impossibility due to the difficulty of pulling it off. Cold Fusion would be a fantastic source of clean energy, plus it is incredibly efficient, with its discovery being a world-changing scientific breakthrough. Thus, this is why it is so important in the world of Fallout.

Dr. Wilzig Figured Out Cold Fusion In Fallout

That's Why He's So Important

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Dr. Wilzig is the most important character in the Fallout TV show, with everyone competing to apprehend him. However, it is unknown to Lucy why he is so important, with this not being revealed until the end of the Fallout TV show. In the finale, it is revealed that Dr. Wilzig managed to figure out Cold Fusion, with the potential of this new method of power being why everyone wants to find him. The secret to Cold Fusion is kept in his head, with this being why he tells Lucy to decapitate him and carry his head across the wasteland.

Every faction in the world of Fallout wants Dr. Wilzig's Cold Fusion secrets for a different reason, with everyone knowing that Cold Fusion is a world-changing discovery. The Brotherhood of Steel is the faction that ends up with the Cold Fusion reactor at the end of Fallout, with them defeating Moldaver's army and presumably returning it to their home base. This puts the Brotherhood of Steel in power at the end of Fallout season 1, with the gang gearing up to chase them down and get the reactor back.

How Cold Fusion Will Change The Wasteland In Fallout

It Will Become Incredibly Important

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The discovery of Cold Fusion will change the wasteland in Fallout forever, and here's how. In the Fallout finale, Moldaver explains that Cold Fusion could provide seemingly unlimited power, allowing humanity to rebuild society at a much faster pace than ever before. This could lead to the pre-apocalypse world of Fallout finally being restored, with the energy provided by Cold Fusion being enough to restore humanity to its former glory.

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Cold Fusion is already seen using electricity to power some pretty impressive machines in the Fallout season finale, with this only being a taste of the technology's potential. Although Moldaver most likely planned on using Cold Fusion to rebuild society, it isn't known what the Brotherhood of Steel is planning on using it for, with them potentially using it to continue to strengthen their authoritarian rule. Cold Fusion will continue to be the focus of Fallout moving forward, with everyone wanting to get their hands on the valuable reactor in season 2.