Creating a star on Earth...

[Darth Biscuit]

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-20006786-52.html?tag=newsLeadStoriesArea.1

The NIF was completed in early 2009 and eventually will be used by the U.S. Department of Energy, as well as technicians from national laboratories, fusion energy researchers, academics, and others. It is "the world's largest and highest-energy laser, [and] has the goal of achieving nuclear fusion and energy gain in the laboratory for the first time," according to the Lawrence Livermore National Lab, "in essence, creating a miniature star on Earth.

[The Saltman]

if we finally figure out how to create nuclear fusion the world will start getting really interesting.

[mmmbeans]

my god... it's full of nerds.

[The Saltman]

my god... it's full of nerds.

ya, once you joined the thread.

[mmmbeans]

sez the guy with the liu kang sig.

[The Saltman]

sez the guy with the liu kang sig.

says the guy with the Kyle Reese Avie

[mmmbeans]

says the guy with the Kyle Reese Avie

[PanthaSan]

They make it sound so simple. Heck, I'm gonna build one in my basement so I never have to pay for power again....

[natty]

if we finally figure out how to create nuclear fusion the world will start getting really interesting.

It's not about creating it, it's about controlling it. I think there's a place in Europe already doing it with magnetic fields. They can sustain it for a couple seconds but it still takes more energy to contain the reaction than what they get out of it.

[The Saltman]

It's not about creating it, it's about controlling it. I think there's a place in Europe already doing it with magnetic fields. They can sustain it for a couple seconds but it still takes more energy to contain the reaction than what they get out of it.

thanx for the heads up...im not too knowledgeable on such things...well on many things...

[Skew]

I already have one. I use it to shave my body hair.

*And, full circle*

[The Saltman]

I already have one. I use it to shave my body hair.

*And, full circle*

[faultlessjoint]

Cold Fusion is where it's at.