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A Star in a Bottle

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Re: A Star in a Bottle

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Check this out, Japan is going their own way instead of this experiment According to researchers at a demonstration reactor in Japan, a fusion generator should be feasible in the 2030s and no later than the 2050s. Japan is pursuing its own research program with several operational facilities that are exploring several fusion paths. http://iopscience.iop.org/0029-5515/45/2/004 Also, they are already planning the succe…

Gotta fuel those giant mecha suits.

Re: A Star in a Bottle

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post #51

It's crazy that the US blew over 4 Trillion and countless lives for oil in Iraq. Yet, we spend practically nothing on technology that could offer clean, safe, energy independence. I'm happy to see any money going into fusion research, but it does seem that Focus Fusion has a much better chance of delivering in the near term. If you're unfamiliar with the technology, check out the Google tech talk below. http://www.yo…

If we had wanted oil out of Iraq then Saddam would have been quite happy to give it to us as the price of remaining in power. Heck, we could have just lifted the embargo and all of Iraq's oil would have gone onto the world market and we'd be able to buy more for cheap. If you want to say that the US invaded Iraq because the embargo was going to fail anyways, and this way Iraqi oil production would be delayed by years…

Sorry. No. Cheney and Bush decided to invade, for whatever reason, and concocted a convenient justification.

Hans Blix (UN inspector) repeatedly, emphatically explained that Saddam had no WMDs. Etc.

Saddam would have been quite happy to give it to us as the price of remaining in power.

Saddam had completely capituated and agreed to all of Cheney Bush demands.

They invaded any way.

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