Nuclear fusion breakthrough raises hopes for ultimate green energy source(theguardian.com)

10 pointsby rjknightvor 12 Jahren2 comments

Nuclear fusion breakthrough raises hopes for ultimate green energy source

http://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/feb/12/nuclear-fusion-breakthrough-green-energy-source

2 comments

lutuspvor 12 Jahren

Title: "Nuclear fusion breakthrough raises hopes for ultimate green energy source"

As usual in science journalism, the article's content flatly contradicts its title. The described result is not remotely a breakthrough, and it doesn't measurably raise hope for a green energy source, and nuclear fusion is not the "ultimate" green energy source -- there are many equivalent candidate sources that meet that description.

Imagine a science journalist writing a headline after being forced to take a truth drug -- "Scientists report an interesting result caused by tweaking their ignition experiment."

noiblvor 12 Jahren

I found this article to be more informative:

http://arstechnica.com/science/2014/02/giant-leap-for-nuclea...