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Originally Posted by Xerxys
Huh, interesting stuff. I, for one, never EVER thought fusion was possible. Mianly because they spoke of cold fusion which I felt was incredibly unrealistic to expect the oppositte to happen from a reaction process that has been known to slow down reactions. But this, my friends this really impressed me.
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Did you mean, you didn't think that a controlled energy producting fusino reactor was possible? I'm sure you knew FUSION was possible, as we've been making fusion bombs for half a century...any bombs we call hydrogen bombs, h-bomb, or thermonuclear involve hot fusion.
I think we will eventually solve both hot and cold fusion, and I look forward to both...however, I'm not hopeful that they dramatically change our energy policies. We have the technology right now to use breeder reactors to generate near unlimited 'free' nuclear energy without producing radioactive waste (and in fact, these can be fed with the depleted waste from OTHER power plants), and don't do it due to environmental concerns of varying levels of validity and a strong sense of NIMBY. I don't see what will with the advent of fusion.