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Can World's Largest Laser Zap Earth's Energy Woes?

Posted by samzenpus on from the what-could-go-wrong dept.

newviewmedia.com writes "Scientists at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory plan on using a laser the size of three football fields to set off a nuclear reaction so intense that it will make a star bloom on the surface of the Earth. If they're successful, the scientists hope to solve the global energy crisis by harnessing the energy generated by the mini-star."

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  1. Re:And nothing could possibly go wrong... by germ!nation · · Score: 5, Funny

    <spoiler>
        everyone dies apart from Bruce Willis
    </spoiler>

  2. Re:bad journalism by dintech · · Score: 5, Funny

    And from the article

    you'll have to suspend all previous notions about what a laser looks like. This one is basically a giant factory full of tubes.

    Ted Stevens, is that you?

  3. Re:And nothing could possibly go wrong... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well, if the star turns out to be a problem, you can get rid of it with a black hole from the LHC...

  4. Re:And nothing could possibly go wrong... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    My question is "Can we find a shark big enough?"