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From: scj@meccsd.MECC.MN.ORG (Scotian)
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Subject: Re: Success with cold fusion reported
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Date: 29 Mar 89 00:15:25 GMT
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Miroslav Kocic writes:
|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,

How on earth do you come to this conclusion?

|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.

I'm sure you can...
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Scott C. Jensen
scj@mecc.MN.ORG