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France to Be Site of World's First Nuclear Fusion

Posted by timothy on from the vive-la-fusion dept.

brad writes "The New York Times (free registration) is reporting that 'France won an international competition today to be the site of the world's first nuclear fusion reactor, an estimated $12 billion project that many scientists see as essential to solving the world's future energy needs.'"

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  1. Re:Dup Fusion by caino59 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    yea - holy repost batman!

    in other news...the daft law that was passed to allow government to take over personal property in the US when larger tax revenues are imagined has http://www.freestarmedia.com/hotellostliberty2.htm lbackfired in a huge way...

    haha - serves the bastard right.

  2. Hrm... by Tanlis · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    So how bad would it be to just repost all the same comments in this story? :)

  3. Re:Dup Fusion by WormholeFiend · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    dont the /. editors read /. ?

    You must be new here...

  4. Re:Great!! by Patrik_AKA_RedX · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Flamebait? Guess the French don't have a sense of humor.

  5. If there's one thing worse than a dupe ..... by ajs318 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ..... it's having to wade through endless comments about dupes. IMHO such complaints are offtopic.

    I always metamod any moderating-down of a "dupe" whinge as fair. Next time I get mod points, if I see a duplicate story, I will open it and I will blow the lot modding whinges about duplicates offtopic.

    If you're really that bothered, download the Slash source code; start your own news and discussion forum; and police it however you like, even down to machine-gunning anyone who even thinks about posting a duplicate story. But as long as you're a guest in someone else's house, you either abide by their rules or get out.

    Otherwise, for pete's sake, just ignore the fact that it's a dupe.

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  6. Re:Correction by bobbuck · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Yes, it's terrible that we would spend 1% of our annual GDP liberating 25 million Iraqis from a brutal regime that would have attacked us at the first chance.

    AND YES, YOU'RE OFF TOPIC!!!

  7. And the first chance was ... by willtsmith · · Score: 0, Offtopic


    And the first chance was NEVER. They didn't have WMD and the administration knew it.

    The same people who are running the Bush administration today sat back and watched the Kurds being gassed during the Bush I regime and didn't bat an eyelid. Why would they? They were the same people who sold those chemical weapons to Saddam Hussein during the Reagan administration.

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    1. Re:And the first chance was ... by bobbuck · · Score: 0, Offtopic
      1. Everybody did NOT know it. Every major intelligence service thought they had an active program. I bet the bumper sticker on your car has the name of someone who said Iraq had WMD's.

      2. What would have kept Saddam from starting a WMD program as soon as sanctions were lifted and the inspectors were gone?

      3. Not helping the Kurds before is not a good reason to not help them now.

      4. How does this relate to a French fusion reactor?