Can world's largest laser zap Earth's energy woes?

[Kadri]

http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/science/04/28/laser.fusion.nif/index.html

[Marcos Silveira]

Oh shit!!! I was born in a primitive era!!! I should live 100 years from now!!!

[pfrancke]

yeah,  I like energy problems solved, and then perhaps we can figure out how to get back into space.  In the mean time, I hope this isn't the biblical end of the world by fire...  I guess the sun runs out of material?

[leafspring]

In the mean time, I hope this isn't the biblical end of the world by fire...

Well, they claim that "the star is expected to die 200 trillionths of a second after it's ignited", so I guess the chances of a world-ending cataclysm are slim.