...in a publication like the Wall Street Journal isn't such a good thing after all, since it seems to give some people in positions of authority who nevertheless have little idea what they're talking about something to be afraid of, like this editor and publisher of the Emporia Gazette.
I don’t know much about nuclear reactors, but the idea of having amateur scientists attempt to fuse atoms sounds as if it could be dangerous. I called Emporia’s city attorney to make sure there was a law prohibiting home nuclear reactors.
What I found is that in Emporia, it is illegal to have couches on your front porch, it’s illegal to have grass in your yard that is taller than 12 inches and it’s illegal to have roosters living within the city limits.
But if you want to have nuclear reactor in your basement, that is perfectly OK.
"But if you want to have nuclear reactor in your basement, that is perfectly OK."
God Bless America!
Posted by: James Anderson Merritt | August 27, 2008 at 01:23 PM
It's not a nuclear reactor; it's a fusor. Big difference.
Posted by: George | August 28, 2008 at 02:02 PM
Typical of the small and large government. Instead of bothering to learn the science, which isn't that hard really, they assume they know instead. Source of a lot of problems in many areas at the intersection of science and government.
Posted by: Curtis Faith | August 29, 2008 at 05:30 PM