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The volume of water in the ocean is approximately 1.36 ✕ 1018 m3 and 0.030% of the hydrogen in this water is deuterium. (Assume ρwater = 1000 kg/m3 and the atomic masses MH-2 and MHe-4 are 2.0141 u and 4.0026 u, respectively.)
(a) Determine the amount of energy (in J) that would be generated if all this deuterium fused to He-4.
(B)Determine the number of years this amount of energy could sustain the world's power consumption if it remained constant at the current value of 1.60 ✕ 1013 W.