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International Fusion Reactor Project Moves Forward
mjgp2 writes to mention a BBC article about an agreement which will begin construction on the second most expensive scientific collaboration, after the ISS : the world's first large-scale fusion reactor. From the article: "The seven-party consortium, which includes the European Union, the US, Japan, China, Russia and others, agreed last year to build Iter in Cadarache, in the southern French region of Provence ... He said that the participants would aim to ratify their agreement before the end of the year so construction on the facility could start in 2007. Officials said the experimental reactor would take about eight years to build. The EU is to foot about 50% of the cost to build the experimental reactor. If all goes well with the experimental reactor, officials hope to set up a demonstration power plant at Cadarache by 2040. "
even international parties involved in an experimental nuclear fusion reactor project have initialled a 10bn-euro (£6.8bn) agreement on the plan.
10Bn over 35 years for cheap clean energy?
Bah! I say - much better to spend 10bn/month to secure access to limitless supplies of the cleanest energy!
There are shills on slashdot. Apparently, I'm one of them.
Is it because of the war on science in the US that we didnt get the reactor? Or are we putting all of our money into the Mars colony project?
I'm pretty sure 99.9% of life here isn't intelligent. Take Dubya for example...
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If we don't have affordable fusion power completed and boring by 2040, we're doomed.
This project by the world's biggest operators of petrofuel companies and deposits (including coal) looks more like a giant anvil they're handing to fusion science/engineering than any effort to deliver our post-petro energy tech.
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