France Will Be Home To Fusion Plant

ScentCone writes "After years of politicking, France has won the right to be the location for a $12 billion fusion research facility. The plant will use deuterium-from-seawater and a huge electromagnetic ring to produce the 100-million-C conditions in which researchers hope to produce viable fusion. The debate over whether this is even possible continues to rage. The ITER project started in 1985, and there has been a running fight over money and location since. France indicated that if Japan (one of the holdouts) didn't see it their way, they'd build a coalition of the willing and do it anyway. With financing and contracting agreements in place, the 10-year construction can begin." Coverage also available at MSNBC, the NYTimes, CNN, and the BBC.

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someone tell france...

[systemic chaos]

they've been duped

By George, I think he's got it!

[overshoot]

I swear, I think Greenpeace is more concerned about making sure nobody builds any new powerplants than they are about protecting the environment.

If we were to reduce the human population to a more sustainable level (say, a few hundred thousand) we could burn natural deadwood and buffalo chips for all the energy we need without causing unacceptable environmental damage.

Or at least that's the theory. For more detail read a Tom Clancy novel. Don't forget: shiny side out.

I can't believe it

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France actually *fought* for something?!