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09
2007
fusion project green light
Posted by: woodchurchscience in engineering, environment, ks3, ks4, physics, warrena british-led team of scientists has won eu approval to seek to make nuclear fusion, the physicist’s dream, a reality. nuclear fusion has the potential to solve the world’s energy crisis with carbon-neutral technology by harnessing the process that drives the sun. so far, decades of research have generated little more than hype. the energy needed to stoke the vast temperatures at which such reactions can occur still outweighs the energy they produce, and supposed breakthroughs such as “cold fusion” have turned out to be false dawns. physicists joke that they have been predicting the technology is “30 years away” for the past 30 years. read more here. to read how nuclear fusion works you could also visit this site.
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September 15th, 2007 at 10:51 am
does light ever get to the north pole?
September 15th, 2007 at 8:49 pm
sure it does, but only for about 6 months of the year (remember that the earth is tilted on its axis so part of the year it’s tilted away from the sun and so is pretty dark for those months).
September 18th, 2007 at 6:57 pm
how come the north pole is cold?
September 18th, 2007 at 7:07 pm
it gets little direct sunlight because it’s at the top of the world, so the temperature stays pretty low. same for the south pole.