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Old 11-14-2005, 03:50 PM
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Default Re: The heat is on. Fox News special review

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I think govenment funding might be better directed to things like fusion, where the payoff is uncertain

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Most physicists think ITER is very low risk. It just requires time and money. Money isn't an issue, it's waiting the 20 years it takes to build and calibrate one of these things that is the problem. So, nobody wants to put forth the effort when your term in office is only 4 years and patents don't last that long.
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