science by press release

[Steven Krivit]

Somewhere I read that after the Belgium agreement last week, participant countries must go to their local governments and get local financial commitments for their share of the dues to this club.

I am getting the distinct feeling that the U.S. folks (probably worldwide, too) in MCF are scrambling to position themselves as recipients of this forthcoming score.

Physicists persevere in quest for inexhaustible energy source  (Stewart Prager)
EurekAlert (press release) - Washington,DC,USA
... the culmination of years of research by scores of scientists, and is poised to answer long-standing questions about the real-world viability of fusion energy. ...

I love this line:  "culmination of years of research" 

I guess that's a nice way to say, "After 55 years and 28 Tokamaks have failed to make excess energy"

Or do you think I am being cynical?

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