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Posted by Gene E. Bloch on 12/17/05 22:50
What does your comment about high school graduate running reactors have
to do with nuclear waste?
The government (and not just in the US) and numerous other institutions
have spent lots of money on nuclear fusion. They just haven't succeeded
in making it work. Think Tokamak, among others.
So far the best bet in nuclear fusion remains energy from the sun.
Gino
On 12/15/2005, Bob managed to type:
> On Thu, 15 Dec 2005 10:48:48 -0800, "Gene E. Bloch"
> <spamfree@nobody.invalid> wrote:
>
>> I took that job because I thought that nuclear power was an answer to
>> the inevitable disappearance of oil & other fossil fuels, and to the
>> pollution caused by burning them and by burning renewable carbon fuels
>> (wood, whatever).
>
>> I still believe that, nearly half a century later.
>
>> The main difference is that I now recognize (at least a little bit) the
>> significant logistical problems and even danger associated with nuclear
>> waste.
>
> That's because the govt let high school graduates run nuclear reactors
> when Ph.D. physicists were driving cabs to make a living.
>
>> I'm still waiting for energy from earth-bound nuclear fusion,
>
> If the govt really wanted to produce energy with fusion reactors, then
> they would spend the money to do it.
>
> Just think of the millions of jobs that would be lost if fusion energy
> were available.
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Gene E. Bloch (Gino)
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