http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/fundiecf/ We, the undersigned, would like this new Congress to restore funding to Dr. Bussard et. al.'s important research and development of inertial-electrostatic confinement fusion. (IECF) Robert Bussard was the Assistent Director of the Atomic Energy Commission's Controlled Thermonuclear Reaction Division. He and the director founded the mainline fusion program for the United States. He has since worked on IECF under the auspices of the Department of Defense. All funding for the DoD's nuclear research and development was cut in order to provide funding for the Iraq war. This emerging technology can benefit our economy, our environment, and the energy demands of our future, because it offers safe, cheap, and clean energy. Brussard et. al.'s research has already increased the efficiency of IECF systems by several orders of magnitude. Bussard is proposing to produce two 1/10th scale research prototypes followed by a full-scale prototype which, his team's current research indicates, will be capable of sustained fusion with net energy gain. They need $200 million to do it. In contrast, the ITER project, an experimental reactor to be used for research into magnetic confinement fusion(MCF), costs about 50 times that: $12 billion. And research into this technology has not resulted in significant efficiency improvement in fusion-based energy. In conclusion, IECF technology is cheaper, more feasable, and more promising for our future than MCF, and we would like our tax dollars to be invested in it. Wed, 22 Nov 2006 05:0:02 CST en-us 3 http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/fundiecf/#sig5611889 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/fundiecf/#sig5320899 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/fundiecf/#sig5113574 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/fundiecf/#sig4944718 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/fundiecf/#sig4777242 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition. This is the most important issue facing our planet. Please follow-up with more research to get a full understanding of IECF technology. C. Webster Rose http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/fundiecf/#sig4700983 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition to promote the research into this breakthrough technology. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/fundiecf/#sig4634537 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST This is the most promising scientific work since Maxwell or Tesla. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/fundiecf/#sig4563658 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/fundiecf/#sig4546503 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/fundiecf/#sig4534604 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/fundiecf/#sig4499939 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/fundiecf/#sig4499927 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/fundiecf/#sig4495669 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/fundiecf/#sig4495134 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/fundiecf/#sig4432799 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/fundiecf/#sig4417127 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/fundiecf/#sig4411587 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/fundiecf/#sig4359483 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/fundiecf/#sig4155646 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/fundiecf/#sig4147257 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition.