“Near-limitless Energy” from Nuclear Fusion? Not so Fast! – Skepchick

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“Breakthrough in nuclear fusion could mean ‘near-limitless energy’”, reports the well-respected Guardian newspaper this week. “Researchers managed to release more energy than they put in: a positive gain known as ignition.”

Wow! That’s incredible! I mean that literally, that is so huge that it is not credible. I do not believe it. 

Okay, let me start by saying that I am NOT a nuclear physicist. In fact I am no kind of physicist at all. I took calculus my senior year of high school and I remember NOTHING. I think I got a B? I also got what I suspect is the only bachelor of science degree in the United States that does not require graduates…