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Title: Can world's largest laser zap Earth's energy woes?
Post by: Kadri on April 29, 2010, 04:11:58 PM

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

Title: Re: Can world's largest laser zap Earth's energy woes?
Post by: Marcos Silveira on April 29, 2010, 04:59:43 PM

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

Title: Re: Can world's largest laser zap Earth's energy woes?
Post by: pfrancke on April 30, 2010, 10:02:28 AM

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?

Title: Re: Can world's largest laser zap Earth's energy woes?
Post by: leafspring on April 30, 2010, 10:13:05 AM

Quote from: pfrancke on April 30, 2010, 10:02:28 AM
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. ;D

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