Re: [Marxism] North Korea's Real Crime

[Shane Mage <shmage@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On May 30, 2009, at 12:30 PM, nada wrote:

> Michael, I think you may have a fairly one-sided view of the science
> involved. It's primarily a physics experiment one the spin-offs  
> *may* be
> the ability to develop computer modeling for weapons tests. But that  
> is
> not its primary reason and the paragraph from the article notes this:
>
> "He said that NIF, if successful, would help keep the nation’s nuclear
> arms reliable without underground testing, would reveal the hidden  
> life
> of stars and would prepare the way for radically new kinds of power  
> plants."
>
> This is why it's under DoE and not DoD administration. As the project
> director noted: "“If fusion energy works,” he said, “you’ll have, for
> all intents and purposes, a limitless supply of carbon-free energy
> that’s not geopolitically sensitive. What more would you want? It’s a
> game changer.". Exactly.


Lyndon Larouche himself couldn't have defended the "fusion energy"  
boondoggle any better!

Shane Mage

> This cosmos did none of gods or men make, but it
> always was and is and shall be: an everlasting fire,
> kindling in measures and going out in measures."
>
> Herakleitos of Ephesos

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