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British Researchers Say Fusion Is Close

Posted by timothy on from the but-I-thought-it-was-close-20-years-ago dept.

sh00z writes: "The article quotes a leading scientist saying that Fusion power is 'within reach' in the next decade, with commercial plants to follow within another 10 or so years. Shhhh. Don't tell anyone at Texas A&M. They might just jump the starting gun again."

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  1. DMCA for power industry by MrBlack · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    The way the law is going, I can see a "DCMA for the energy industry" whereby fusion would be made illegal. It's a shame the article doesn't have more details on the MAST system they are building....the only details were "it's like JET but smaller".

  2. Still fringe science, new name. by Benjamin+Shniper · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    1. James, you logged in as AC.
    2. The same three or four people wrote each of those articles!
    3. They also wrote for "Infinite Energy Magazine" http://www.mv.com/ipusers/zeropoint/IEHTML/BACKISS /TOC/iss30TOC.html

    It is obvious this is still fringe science.

    Don't act like it's not.

    -Ben