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    From Lawrence D'Oliveiro@21:1/5 to All on Tue Apr 2 04:41:07 2024
    Saw this on last night’s news, but couldn’t find the item on their
    website until today. <https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/technology/2024/04/inside-openstar-s-ambitious-attempt-to-build-a-nuclear-fusion-reactor-in-new-zealand.html>.

    I wonder why they don’t provide a search function ...

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  • From BR@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Wed Apr 3 04:57:28 2024
    On Tue, 2 Apr 2024 04:41:07 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro
    <[email protected]d> wrote:

    Saw this on last night�s news, but couldn�t find the item on their
    website until today. ><https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/technology/2024/04/inside-openstar-s-ambitious-attempt-to-build-a-nuclear-fusion-reactor-in-new-zealand.html>.

    I wonder why they don�t provide a search function ...

    No word on who is funding it.

    Bill.

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  • From Tony@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Tue Apr 2 19:55:59 2024
    BR <[email protected]> wrote:
    On Tue, 2 Apr 2024 04:41:07 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro
    <[email protected]d> wrote:

    Saw this on last night�s news, but couldn�t find the item on their
    website until today. >><https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/technology/2024/04/inside-openstar-s-ambitious-attempt-to-build-a-nuclear-fusion-reactor-in-new-zealand.html>.

    I wonder why they don�t provide a search function ...

    No word on who is funding it.

    Bill.

    I wonder about that also. It seems a bit pointless considering the many companies and countries that have invested huge sums and who are way ahead of us in this field. Hopefully, however, nuclear fusion will become available and used here in New ZEaland.

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  • From Lawrence D'Oliveiro@21:1/5 to Tony on Wed Apr 3 00:42:57 2024
    On Tue, 2 Apr 2024 19:55:59 -0000 (UTC), Tony wrote:

    It seems a bit pointless considering the many
    companies and countries that have invested huge sums and who are way
    ahead of us in this field.

    Is the one who spends most the winner?

    Fun fact: it is possible to create bona-fide nuclear fusion using
    apparatus that will literally fit on a kitchen table. Electronics pioneer
    Philo T Farnsworth discovered this entirely by accident, while he was
    trying to invent colour TV.

    His technique is called the “Farnsworth Fusor”.

    No, it’s almost certainly not practical for power generation.

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  • From Tony@21:1/5 to Lawrence D'Oliveiro on Wed Apr 3 02:23:19 2024
    Lawrence D'Oliveiro <[email protected]d> wrote:
    On Tue, 2 Apr 2024 19:55:59 -0000 (UTC), Tony wrote:

    It seems a bit pointless considering the many
    companies and countries that have invested huge sums and who are way
    ahead of us in this field.

    Is the one who spends most the winner?
    It's not about winning.

    Fun fact: it is possible to create bona-fide nuclear fusion using
    apparatus that will literally fit on a kitchen table. Electronics pioneer >Philo T Farnsworth discovered this entirely by accident, while he was
    trying to invent colour TV.

    His technique is called the “Farnsworth Fusor”.

    No, it’s almost certainly not practical for power generation.
    Yes I am familiar with P T Farnsworth. The device is fun but uses more energy than it produces, a good science experiment perhaps.

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