> You know, it's interesting, in the 1960's the U.S. military was
> conducting experiments using inertial containment technology to
> develop controlled nuclear fusion. Just aim micro-lasers at tiny
> hydrogen pellets, you produce more energy than you consume.

> Some
> mechanical details to be worked out, but cheap and simple. They
> classified the technology and suspended all research.

> Jerry Kraus wrote:

>> You know, it's interesting, in the 1960's the U.S. military was
>> conducting experiments using inertial containment technology to
>> develop controlled nuclear fusion.  Just aim micro-lasers at tiny
>> hydrogen pellets, you produce more energy than you consume.

>
> cite please
>

>> Some
>> mechanical details to be worked out, but cheap and simple.  They
>> classified the technology and suspended all research.

>
> Of course they did.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inertial_confinement_fusion

> It's interesting, in observing all of the activity surrounding the
> catastrophic runup in oil prices lately that virtually no one is
> providing the fairly obvious explanation that we're out of oil. Ah,
> it's the War in Iraq, or, it's gas-guzzling SUV's, or, it's those
> pesky Chinese and Indians with their burgeoning populations and
> economies, or, it's the Greed of the Oil Companies, or, it's our
> inability to adequately conserve, or, it's because we aren't drilling
> offshore and in Alaska. Naaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhh!!!!
>
> The pump is dry. The well is used up. The barn is empty. We are
> fresh out. We no longer have those items in stock. No, I'm sorry, we
> don't have any of those.

> On Jun 11, 8:59 am, Jerry Kraus yahoo.com> wrote:

>> It's interesting, in observing all of the activity surrounding the
>> catastrophic runup in oil prices lately that virtually no one is...

> On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 10:18:49 -0700, Jim Austin wrote:

>> On Jun 11, 8:59 am, Jerry Kraus yahoo.com> wrote:

>>> It's interesting, in observing all of the activity surrounding the
>>> catastrophic runup in oil prices lately that virtually no one is
>>> providing the fairly obvious explanation that we're out of oil.  Ah,
>>> it's the War in Iraq, or, it's gas-guzzling SUV's, or, it's those
>>> pesky Chinese and Indians with their burgeoning populations and
>>> economies, or, it's the Greed of the Oil Companies, or, it's our
>>> inability to adequately conserve, or, it's because we aren't drilling
>>> offshore and in Alaska.  Naaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhh!!!!

>

>>> The pump is dry.  The well is used up.  The barn is empty.  We are
>>> fresh out.  We no longer have those items in stock.  No, I'm sorry, we
>>> don't have any of those.

>

>> No. There is scarcity because production of more oil in the U.S. is
>> illegal. Oil companies are prohibited from drilling in Alaska and
>> offshore. There is a de facto ban on construction of more oil
>> refineries. ...

> It's interesting, in observing all of the activity surrounding the
> catastrophic runup in oil prices lately that virtually no one is
> providing the fairly obvious explanation that we're out of oil. Ah,
> it's the War in Iraq, or, it's gas-guzzling SUV's, or, it's those
> pesky Chinese and Indians with their burgeoning populations and
> economies, or, it's the Greed of the Oil Companies, or, it's our
> inability to adequately conserve, or, it's because we aren't drilling
> offshore and in Alaska. Naaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhh!!!!
>
> The pump is dry. The well is used up. The barn is empty. We are
> fresh out. We no longer have those items in stock. No, I'm sorry, we
> don't have any of those.
>
> You know, it's interesting, in the 1960's the U.S. military was
> conducting experiments using inertial containment technology to
> develop controlled nuclear fusion. Just aim micro-lasers at tiny
> hydrogen pellets, you produce more energy than you consume. Some
> mechanical details to be worked out, but cheap and simple. They
> classified the technology and suspended all research. Seemed it ...

>> "I know no safe depository of the ultimate powers
>> of society but the people themselves; and
>> if we think them not enlightened enough to
>> exercise their control with a wholesome
>> discretion, the remedy is not to take it from
>> them, but to inform their discretion by
>> education." - Thomas Jeffersonhttp://GreaterVoice.org/extend- Hide quoted text -

> On Jun 11, 1:18 pm, Jim Austin ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>
>
>

>> On Jun 11, 8:59 am, Jerry Kraus yahoo.com> wrote:

>

>>> It's interesting, in observing all of the activity surrounding the
>>> catastrophic runup in oil prices lately that virtually no one is
>>> providing the fairly obvious explanation that we're out of oil. Ah,
>>> it's the War in Iraq, or, it's gas-guzzling SUV's, or, it's those
>>> pesky Chinese and Indians with their burgeoning populations and
>>> economies, or, it's the Greed of the Oil Companies, or, it's our
>>> inability to adequately conserve, or, it's because we aren't drilling
>>> offshore and in Alaska. Naaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhh!!!!

>

>>> The pump is dry. The well is used up. The barn is empty. We are
>>> fresh out. We no longer have those items in stock. No, I'm sorry, we
>>> don't have any of those.

> ...

> On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 10:18:49 -0700, Jim Austin wrote:

>> On Jun 11, 8:59 am, Jerry Kraus yahoo.com> wrote:

>>> It's interesting, in observing all of the activity surrounding the
>>> catastrophic runup in oil prices lately that virtually no one is
>>> providing the fairly obvious explanation that we're out of oil. Ah,
>>> it's the War in Iraq, or, it's gas-guzzling SUV's, or, it's those
>>> pesky Chinese and Indians with their burgeoning populations and
>>> economies, or, it's the Greed of the Oil Companies, or, it's our
>>> inability to adequately conserve, or, it's because we aren't drilling
>>> offshore and in Alaska. Naaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhh!!!!

>

>>> The pump is dry. The well is used up. The barn is empty. We are
>>> fresh out. We no longer have those items in stock. No, I'm sorry, we
>>> don't have any of those.

>

>> No. There is scarcity because production of more oil in the U.S. is
>> illegal. Oil companies are prohibited from drilling in Alaska and
>> offshore. There is a de facto ban on construction of more oil
>> refineries. ...