I know this email list is for discussing "alternative" and "unconventional" power sources, but sometimes it can be useful to look back at some "conventional" projects (which went nowhere), and see how the press handled the news.
55 years ago Britain was going to save the world: http://www.britishpathe.com/video/taming-the-h-bomb It was all going to be so easy. These "boffins" knew everything there was to know about atoms and stuff. After all, "atomic scientists" had created megaton bombs - which was proof that they must have known what they were doing... - Leo
