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Amateur Scientists Seek Fusion Reaction

Posted by kdawson on from the things-that-hopefully-do-not-go-boom dept.

ElvaWSJ writes "A small subculture of amateur physicists and science-fiction fans — fewer than 100 worldwide — are building working nuclear-fusion reactors at home. The designs are based on the work of Philo T. Farnsworth, an inventor of television, from the 1960s. Some of these hobbyists hope similar reactors can one day power the planet, but so far they consume more energy than they create."

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  1. Amateur scientists by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Can suck my dick.

  2. second post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    cmdr taco likes to buttfuck little boys.

  3. Re:Can a String Theorist? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    WTF does this have to do with the parent post? Or the topic at hand?

    Are you high?

  4. Re:Good grief... by Cochonou · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    This quote is surprising. Go tell people living around La Hague that radioactivity waste can be easily disposed or recycled. This also seems to keep silent the existence of long-lived (but weakly radioactive) nuclear waste.