[Energy] Fwd: Tell the house/president to keep funding Alcator C-Mod

Ted Moallem ted.moallem at gmail.com
Wed Mar 14 04:15:10 EDT 2012


Dear Energy/Sustainability folks,

Curious to hear your thoughts on this, whether or not you choose to sign.

Ted


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Keldin Sergheyev <keldins at gmail.com>
Date: Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 3:15 AM
Subject: Tell the house/president to keep funding Alcator C-Mod
To: keldins at mit.edu


Hey guys,

Recently the president submitted the 2013 fiscal year budget to the
House, which includes canceling the $18 million funding for Alcator
C-Mod. As some of you know, Alcator is the largest fusion experiment
at MIT, and the largest source of progress in the United States toward
a fusion reactor. Alcator is supported almost exclusively by the DOE;
if it loses government funding, it will be shut down abruptly next
year.

Some folks started a petition to keep Alcator funded, and I hope
you'll take a moment to sign it, and pass the word along to your
friends:

http://www.change.org/petitions/continue-funding-alcator-c-mod-tokamak-and-us-fusion-energy-research

I personally feel very strongly about this. Alcator C-Mod is one of
the main reasons I wanted to go to MIT in the first place, and when I
arrived, I discovered many felt the same way. Alcator is instrumental
in training the fusion scientists of tomorrow. Further, the threat of
global warming makes the need for investigation of non-polluting
energy sources all the greater.

If you're interested in more information about Alcator C-Mod beyond
the text of the petition, or about fusion as an energy source, I
recommend checking out this site:

http://www.fusionfuture.org/

Thank you for your consideration,
Keldin


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