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From: mark@teltone.UUCP (Mark McWiggins)
Newsgroups: net.followup,net.politics
Subject: Re: alternate, hopefully safe, energy sources
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Date: Fri, 3-Aug-84 16:10:43 EDT
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Posted: Fri Aug  3 16:10:43 1984
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> The "best" new power source that should be developed is Fusion Energy.
> Fusion should be able to supply all the "high-grade" energy needed for
> heavy industry, and at the same time be "clean".  I.e. fusion power
> doesn't leave lots of nuclear waste materials lying around.

Except for the fact that producing a practical fusion reactor is arguably
the most difficult engineering feat ever attempted.

Remember when FISSION was going to be "too cheap to meter"?  Fusion is
a lot tougher!
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