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From: kocic@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu (Miroslav Kocic)
Date: Tue, 28-Mar-89 04:10:30 EST
Message-ID: <1989Mar28.041030.2291@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu>
Organization: University of Toronto Computing Services
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Subject: Re: Success with cold fusion reported
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Reply-To: kocic@gpu.utcs.UUCP (Miroslav Kocic)


The discussion in this newsgroup has so far been about the authenticity of the
Utah breakthrough, but I have two different concerns.  First, what if fusion
turns out to create problems we don't foresee?  We didn't foresee radioactive
waste or meltdowns back when fission was at this stage, and, if history teaches
anything, it teaches that every benefit has a proportional price.  Second, what
if cold fusion becomes the crack-cocaine of energy production?  I can imagine
a thousand fanatics in 750 terrorist cells making an H-bomb in their kitchen.