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Article #7761Re: Room Temperature fusion - possible indications?
From: Donald A. Varvel
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 1989 16:01
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 1989 16:01
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In article <392@wicat.UUCP> keithm@wicat.UUCP (Keith McQueen) writes:
>Just a thought...
>
>What are the implications of this for terrorist activities?
>Will this make cheap available nuclear weapons possible?
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>Shudder! I hope not!
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I don't think so. There are reasons terrorists have never
stooped to mass destruction, even beyond the technical
difficulties.
There are dams that if destroyed at the proper moment would
kill on the order of hundreds of thousands of people. Why
hasn't that happened?
Terrorism is political. It thrives on publicity and the
natural sympathy most people have for the underdog. Using
simple, home-made weapons to embarass major powers is perfect.
Underdog-lovers send money, and certain nations protect
them. Destroy a city and there's nowhere to hide. What's the
point?
This doesn't rule out the insane, of course.
-- Don Varvel ({tektronix,gatech}!cs.utexas.edu!varvel)
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!tank!eecae!shadooby!sharkey!mailrus!husc6!cs.utexas.edu!varvel From: varvel@cs.utexas.edu (Donald A. Varvel) Newsgroups: sci.physics,sci.research,sci.space,sci.chem,sci.space.shuttle Subject: Re: Room Temperature fusion - possible indications? Keywords: fusion deuterium power Message-ID: <5125@cs.utexas.edu> Date: 29 Mar 89 16:01:13 GMT References: <290@vlsi.ll.mit.edu> <1098@Portia.Stanford.EDU> <392@wicat.UUCP> Sender: news@cs.utexas.edu Followup-To: sci.physics Distribution: sci Organization: U. Texas CS Dept., Austin, Texas Lines: 27