Funny, that's not the definition that I learned...
Its all in the flux capacitor.
Wow, that's a lotta watts... Bet he learned that from hanging out with all those brilliant scientists, huh...
This statement was amusing:
"Ninety percent of all the energy that comes out of that reaction is pure radioactivity, so it is not an environmental option whatsoever. But the public has been led to believe that this type of fusion will supply them with a safe environmental energy source."
Isn't the nature of a nuclear reaction, whether fission or fusion, the release of energy in the form of radiation be it alpha, beta, or gamma.
"a gigawat — a jillion watts
Funny, that's not the definition that I learned..."
In all fairness, the idiocy may actually lie with the interviewer, who could confuse billion with jillion. But there are plenty of other ridiculous errors...
a gigawat — a jillion watts
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Equal to the energy contained in the flatulence of three rednecks who have been out all night drinking cheap beer and eating pickled eggs.