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Re:Deaths per unit of energy for various sources by Karzyn on Wednesday March 16, 2011 @05:39PM (#2334066)
Fusion power is 20 years away and always will be.

Less snarkily, is there actually good reason to believe that we're any closer to usable fusion?

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Re:Deaths per unit of energy for various sources by hartror on Wednesday March 16, 2011 @07:48PM (#2334476)
Actually physicists are saying "Fusion power is 20 years away" without sniggering now!
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Re:Deaths per unit of energy for various sources by dexen on Wednesday March 16, 2011 @07:35PM (#2334445)
The second space race is a reliable reason to believe.

Several governments bet big (well, perhaps medium) money on race to the Moon, to extract helium-3 [3] from water ice in there. A key component to commercial nuclear fusion -- and with only small-time other uses in medicine and stuff.

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[3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helium-3#Fusion_reactions

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