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New Advances Bring Fusion Closer to Reality

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the back-of-a-delorean dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The Christian Science Monitor reports on new advances in nuclear fusion research. For years we've been waiting for the technical breakthroughs that would make cost-effective fusion energy a reality. Are we getting close, or are the problems insurmountable?"

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  1. Obligatory Simpsons quote... by JRIsidore · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    It's nucular!

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  2. Re:Years away by oiarbovnb · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    no, YOU mis-spelled "Duke Nukem Forever".

  3. Re:Christian? by Kombat · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    The VATICAN even has scientific institutions, including one of the world's better astronomical observatories.

    You're absolutely right. The Vatican is a world leader in science. Why, up until 1992, common sense told us that the Sun revolved around the Earth, but the Vatican broke the story that it is in fact the other way around! Many believe that it was the massive expense of re-writing all the science textbooks in the mid-1990's that led to the unrealistic economic buildup, and inevitable subsequent bust.

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  4. Re:Of course we will! by freeze128 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Who cares about fusion? What geeks REALLY want to do is re-hydrate a pizza.

  5. Re:Atheism isn't the same as secularism. by Mikail · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I'm agnostic. I'm not an atheist. An atheist would say there is no God. I say I don't know if there's a God, and therefore lack a belief in God one way or the other. An atheist would hold a belief that there is no God.

    Neither of these belief systems are religious, really. And I'd say that my belief that Santa Clause [sic] implies faith, but not in a religious sense. I have faith that when I step off a curb I'm not going to fall through the street and tumble into oblivion, but that doesn't make me a member of the First Church of Street-Worshippers.

    That's all I got.

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  6. Re:The Law of Thermodynamics by Kiryat+Malachi · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I'm guessing it's some kind of phsycological need to humiliate yourself in public.

    Psychological.

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  7. Old People In Japan Don't Want To See Fusion by thelizman · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    They're already seen Fission. I say we give it to the french. If something catastrophic happens, nobody will feel bad about it. Well. Except the French.