A Little Sorely Needed Good New on the Energy Front

For the first time, experiments have produced more energy from fusion reactions than the amount of energy put into the fusion fuel, scientists at the federally funded Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California said.

Unlike fossil fuels or the fission process in nuclear power plants, fusion offers the prospect of abundant energy without pollution, radioactive waste or greenhouse gases.

  alJazeera

Sadly, someone stumbled upon fission first, and now we have all that radioactive waste to deal with.

The scientists, led by physicist Omar Hurricane, described the achievement as important but said much more work is needed before fusion can become a viable energy source.

Really? Omar Hurricane? Is this a joke?

I guess not. Omar A. Hurricane, in fact. His parents were jokers.