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The Challenge of Fusion Power

M. Mitchell Waldrop Knowable Magazine
Scientists have been chasing the dream of harnessing the reactions that power the Sun since the dawn of the atomic era. Interest, and investment, in the carbon-free energy source is heating up.

Friday Nite Videos | March 24, 2023

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Jordan Klepper Meets Trump Arrest Protesters. De La Soul and The Roots: Stakes Is High. Western Weapons Transform the War in Ukraine. Nuclear Fusion: Who'll Be First To Make It Work? "I Almost Ended My Life Because of the Corrupt Beef Industry."

Friday Nite Videos | December 30, 2022

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One Love (Bob Marley) | Playing for Change. Constructive-ish Criticism: Jordan & Roy Look Back. Our Forests | Timelapse. Pelé, Football Great, Dies Aged 82. How This Fusion Reactor Will Make Electricity by 2024.

Fusion Energy: The Nuclear Weapons Connection

Karl Grossman CounterPunch
My CounterPunch focused on the radioactivity involved in fusion—that it is not “clean” despite what the press release of the Department of Energy asserted.

Friday Nite Videos | July 22, 2021

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"The Committee Telling Josh Hawley To Go F Himself." This Tech May Be a Geothermal Energy Breakthrough. Bernie Sanders: This Is an Existential Threat. Hallelujah: A Journey, A Song. The 60,000 Year Old Artefact Rewriting Neanderthal History.

This Tech May Be a Geothermal Energy Breakthrough

Geothermal energy has the potential to power the world. A gyrotron heat ray that melts rock (this is real!) might unlock this potential and make it a better renewable energy source than solar and wind.

Friday Nite Videos | February 4, 2022

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