On: Nuclear fusion milestone passed at US lab

[chris_mahan]

see http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/14/us-iraq-war-annive... and note that over the next 40 years, the war in Iraq will cost the US 6 trillion dollars. That is sixty times 100 billion dollars. See also http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2013-03-28/world/38097452...

Now, don't you think it would have been better, instead, to spend that much money on hot fusion research?

[dekhn → chris_mahan]

No, health research is a better investment.