Here is part of a long article by S. O. Dean:
Dean, S.O., Fusion News: 2004. J. Fusion Energy, 2004. 23(3): p. 137.
This is from p. 161. The author quotes someone
else, Peter Golden. This is noteworthy because
the same issue of the journal has a long article
supporting cold fusion, Li, X.Z., et al., A
Chinese View on Summary of Condensed Matter
Nuclear Science. J. Fusion Energy, 2004. 23(3): p. 217-221.
ARTICLE ON FUSION
The following column by Peter Golden appeared in
the Sunday September 19, 2004 Metro West Daily
News and is distributed by permission of the author.
Golden: Igniting a burning plasma
By Peter Golden/Local Columnist
Sunday, September 19, 2004
Arguably the most accessible and incontrovertibly
important applications problem currently
confronting the experimental physics and energy
technology communities today is fusion power.
Little understood in terms of its current state
and immediate potential for development, fusion
power is still largely a dream.
Notably, a recent alumnae event at the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a world
leader in fusion power research, featured an
"alternative energy fair" yet omitted fusion
power. Similarly, a recent article in the Boston
Globe on "cold fusion," a controversial and
entirely unproved concept, omitted any reference
to "hot fusion" and burning plasma whatsoever.
Yet, as is largely understood in the physics and
technical development communities, burning plasma
represents the first, best hope for meeting the
world's future energy needs. This can be said
with certainty for a number of reasons, including
the current state of the art, projected cost for
devising a prototype device, and our capacity as
a nation to support such an effort. . . .
