# Nuke Fusion power--is this NY Times article realistic?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 21, 2009, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuke-fusion-power-is-this-ny-times-article-realistic/490272 "2009-03-21T17:43:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2009, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuke-fusion-power-is-this-ny-times-article-realistic/490272/21 "2009-03-22T18:31:37Z")

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I have an idea on how to harvest the power from a fusion reactor! Solar cells set up to get power from the sun, which is a fusion reactor. Problem solved! The Second Stone requires no special thanks.

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**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2009, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuke-fusion-power-is-this-ny-times-article-realistic/490272/22 "2009-03-22T18:53:40Z")

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> [@The\_Second\_Stone](#):
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> I have an idea on how to harvest the power from a fusion reactor! Solar cells set up to get power from the sun, which is a fusion reactor. Problem solved! The Second Stone requires no special thanks.

That’s great…until Dr. Horrible comes along with his Weather Control Ray and makes it permanently cloudy unless we pay his demands, or he gets the girl in the laundry.

Stranger

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