SocraticGadfly: Fusion folly? More than likely

May 27, 2009

Fusion folly? More than likely

The government’s new National Ignition Facility is, more than likely, nothing more than the latest outbreak of hype in 40 or more years of “peaceful fusion power is just around the corner.” Even many of its boosters hedge their bets as to the likelihood of the NIF achieving something besides burning through billions of dollars.

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