{"id":55545,"date":"2014-11-13T00:14:14","date_gmt":"2014-11-13T07:14:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/?p=55545"},"modified":"2014-12-28T19:46:47","modified_gmt":"2014-12-29T02:46:47","slug":"fusion-breakthrough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/2014\/11\/fusion-breakthrough.html","title":{"rendered":"Fusion Breakthrough?"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>A reader sends this along:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The news cycle lately does nothing but make me mad or sad.  <a href=\"http:\/\/lockheedmartin.com\/us\/products\/compact-fusion.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">But this \u2026  this could be civilization changing, for the better.<\/a>  <\/p>\n<p>I have yet to see this confirmed elsewhere.  And it is so potentially civilization changing, that I am VERY skeptical.  But if it is true, then was just entered the age of Star Trek.  This is like Tony Stark technology.  No more energy crisis.  Which means no more wars for oil, because no one will need oil anymore.  No more carbon emissions.  <\/p>\n<p>If it is a joke, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article\/lockheed-claims-breakthrough-on-fusion-energy1\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">they\u2019ve pulled the wool over everyone\u2019s eyes<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Yeah.  I\u2019m skeptical too since you are the only person I\u2019ve heard mention this and these are the only two links I\u2019ve seen.  On the other hand Lockheed-Martin is not Art Bell and would have nothing to gain from a lie that will quickly be exposed.  Nor is <em>Scientific American<\/em> chopped liver.  So I\u2019m definitely Wait and See on this.<\/p>\n<p>Anybody else heard anything about this?  It would be epoch-making if true.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone?  Bueller?<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A reader sends this along: The news cycle lately does nothing but make me mad or sad. But this \u2026 this could be civilization changing, for the better. I have yet to see this confirmed elsewhere. And it is so potentially civilization changing, that I am VERY skeptical. 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