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- From: Rusty Perrin <U7584RT%DOEMA.BITNET@vm1.nodak.edu>
- Subject: Quick reply to Jed Rothwell
- Message-ID: <9301211614.AA22296@suntan.Tandem.com>
- Sender: scott@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG (Scott Hazen Mueller)
- Reply-To: Rusty Perrin <U7584RT%DOEMA.BITNET@vm1.nodak.edu>
- Organization: Sci.physics.fusion/Mail Gateway
- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 22:25:56 GMT
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- Jed Rothwell writes:
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- "If...we refuse to allow any new experiments (as DoE has done)"
-
- There seems to me to be a big difference between refusing to fund any
- experiments and refusing to allow any experiments. I presume that fund is the
- correct word here. Keep in mind that DOE receives its money by law from
- Congress, and can only spend the money on the activities for which Congress
- has given to money. DOE cannot legally spend money on other activities no
- matter how good they seem. So if contractors to the DOE are using DOE funds to
- conduct CF research with funds intended for another purpose, DOE has to stop
- that or people could wind up in jail. It's the law. At least in my mind, this
- still falls under the heading of refusing to fund CF research, not refusing to
- allow it.
-
- Disclaimer: I work for DOE, but not in the Energy Research area. I just
- personally find this topic to be interesting. The above is written based upon
- my general knowledge of the funding process rather than any specific knowledge
- of what has happened regarding CF. Actually most of what I know in specific
- about DOE's history with CF comes straight from this list.I am certainly not s
- peaking with the official voice of DOE.
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