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OT: Skeptics vs Alarmist Cage Match unSpectacular! 30-Nov-2009 At 7:56:09 AM evanbb

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On 30/11/2009 Wendy wrote:
>Did anyone see Can We Make a Star on Earth on SBS last night? A very Brit
>Pop looking professor wanders around the world checking out the latest
>efforts at nuclear fusion. Everyone in the show is very excited about fusion
>but noone's actually sure they'll be able to ever provide commercial power
>out of it. One guy said they should know if it is even possible in the
>next few years, another said they could do it by 2022 if they were given
>enough money, others were up to 2050 to have something that could produce
>continual power.
>
>Twas all kind of interesting, but I still wouldn't hold out hope for it.

He did my head in so much I had to turn it off. There's not much worse than earnest nerds, grinning like lunatics because science is just the coolest thing going around.