Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/09/11

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Yet another one: Ed Teller OFF-TOPIC
From: Dan C <leicaman@sympatico.ca>
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 06:56:23 -0400
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I was referring to his love of H-bombs, not the commercial use of fusion
reactors.

dan c.

At 09:22 PM 10-09-03 -0700, Eric Welch wrote:
>Actually, he told me he didn't think there would be fusion reactors in 
>commercial use into well into the second quarter of the 21st century. 
>He didn't think technology or knowledge would be capable of harnessing 
>it until about then. And that's assuming it will ever be harnessed. He 
>thought there was a good chance it would not be in anyone's lifetime.
>
>On Wednesday, September 10, 2003, at 10:04  AM, Dan C wrote:
>
>> I think if that guy had had his way, we'd all be using H-bombs to 
>> power our
>> backyard barbeques.
>Eric
>Carlsbad, CA
>
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