[france] untold energy to rival the sun, the earth, the stars

What is it with the French? It’s been said that a Frenchman raises his eyes above him anxiously whilst an Englishman lowers his with satisfaction. Whatever, here is an idea the French have come up with [yes I know there were 7 countries but it is clearly a French idea].

A seven-member international consortium including India on Tuesday signed a formal treaty to build a multibillion-dollar experimental nuclear reactor emulating the power of the sun, sealing a decade of negotiations.

Originally called the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor, now known officially by its initials ITER (or "the way" in Latin), the facility is to be built in Cadarache, in southern France, over a decade starting 2008. Instead of splitting the atom - the principle behind current nuclear plants - the project seeks to harness nuclear fusion: the power of the sun and the stars achieved by fusing together atomic nuclei.

If it is successful, a prototype commercial reactor will be built, and if that works, fusion technology will be rolled out across the world. Note the language used: ‘exceptional venture’, ‘rolled out across the world’, ‘harness nuclear fusion’, ‘emulating the power of the sun’, 'ITER - the way'. The light, the light bearer. Has any one out there ever heard of the Tower of Babel? What about mighty Babylon? And naturally it’s situated in France. But of course.

"This is a new step in an exceptional adventure," French President Jacques Chirac said after leading the signing ceremony in Paris, "a hand held out to future generations" and he predicted that, if it proved successful, "we will be able to derive as much energy from a litre of seawater as from a litre of petrol or a kilo of coal." Man will become G-d and we will surpass Him, all glory to France and I … I … Jacques Chirac, alias Agent Smith, will go down in history as the creator of the new earth, the heavens, the …….