From: "John McKelliget" <john_mckelliget@uml.edu>
Newsgroups: sci.physics.plasma
References: <c2laan$5fpv$1@saturn.cs.uml.edu>
Subject: Re: Ball Lightning and Fusion
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 15:00:22 -0500

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"Adrian Powell" <awp@cray.com> wrote in message
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>
> Saw a program on the Discovery channel the other night about
> Ball Lightning. There was some talk of some scientists
> thinking that a fusion process was at play here. The show
> didn't appear to be that recent. Have any new attempts been
> made to verify whether Ball Lightning has anything to do with
> a fusion reaction ?.
> If it is a fusion process at work here, how would this influence
> future fusion work if at all ?
>
> Thanks, Adrian.