I was reading somewhere that nuclear fission releases only like .01% of the mass of U-235 as energy, and with fusion it was like .03% of the hydrogen getting released.
However, supposedly, if it were possible to generate a large quantity of anti-matter and use it to annihilate some matter, you'd get close to a 100% conversion. Am I understanding this right?
It gives Star Trek some more credibility, if that's correct. Apparently, however, anti-matter is so hard to create that it's not exactly seen as a viable solution to the world's energy problems, at least not with our technology.