Inside Piston-Powered Nuclear Fusion Company General Fusion 117
quax writes "Slashdot first reported on the Canadian start-up company that is attempting piston powered nuclear fusion back in 2009. This new blog post takes a look at where they are now, and gives some additional behind the scene info. For instance, a massive experimental rig for magnetized target fusion in the US is currently underutilized, because ITER's increasing costs absorb all the public fusion research funding. Because this Shiva Star device is located in an Air Force base, security restrictions prevent any meaningful cooperation with a non-U.S. companies. Even if U.S. researchers would love to rent this out to advance the science of magnetized target fusion, restrictions make this is a no go."
Re:General Fusion? (Score:5, Funny)
I ran out of oil once in my car and my gasoline engine did piston fusion into a single block of metal
Re:A problem with Canada? (Score:5, Funny)
What else is on that base that the foreigner can get to more easily because of his access to Shiva Star?
Kentucky Fried Chicken, McDonald's, Mini Wal Marts and other hallmarks of American 'culture'. You want to be careful letting these things out in the world - they can cause amazing damage in the wrong hands.