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michael
on from the now-I'll-never-get-a-mr.-fusion dept.
Chuck1318 writes "The US is halting its national nuclear fusion energy project, FIRE, and pinning its hopes on the internation fusion research program ITER. However, ITER is stalled over a dispute on where to locate the facility. The dream of fusion power is getting no closer..."
In an ideal world, research like this would be done by an internationally funded, politically independant organisation. When the research was done the technology should be public domain - free for all to use. No patents, no licensing.
But unfortunately politics and economic interests again gets in the way and science suffers yet again.
There will never be fusion as long as oil sits in the presidential chair..
-- Remember, there are no stupid questions. But there are a lot of inquisitive idiots.
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In an ideal world, research like this would be done by an internationally funded, politically independant organisation. When the research was done the technology should be public domain - free for all to use. No patents, no licensing.
But unfortunately politics and economic interests again gets in the way and science suffers yet again.
There will never be fusion as long as oil sits in the presidential chair..
Remember, there are no stupid questions. But there are a lot of inquisitive idiots.
The worst threat to the oil companies is a new source of near-free power. Kinda predictable that the oil president is in power when this is cancelled.
They must have been getting close to success with the project, big oil had no choice but to kill it.