NY Daily News – Don’t let the sun set on fusion
NY Daily News – Don’t let the sun set on fusion
By Bill Hammond | 03 April 2012 – 4:07 AM
President Obama has touted federal investment in energy technology as a smart and environmentally friendly way to create jobs.
When it comes to fusion research, however — which could deliver boundless clean energy, if the scientists get it right — Obama is basically shipping jobs overseas.
His budget for 2013 chops federal funding for American fusion labs, including projects at New York’s own Columbia University, then redirects that cash to pay the U.S. share of an international megaproject under construction in France.
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