Fusion Magazine.pdf

FUSION Magazine, Vol. 4, No. 1, November 1980, focuses on advanced energy technologies and policies, with a special report on science and agriculture. Key points include:

- Editorial Staff: Dr. Morris Levitt (Editor-in-Chief), Dr. Steven Bardwell (Associate Editor), Marjorie Mazel Hecht (Managing Editor), and others.
- Publication Details: Published monthly by the Fusion Energy Foundation, New York, with a subscription rate of $20 for 12 issues in the USA.
- Features:
- "Hacer: A Grand Design for Fusion Power in This Century" by Dr. Walter Seifritz.
- "EXTRA: House Passes Historic $20 Billion Fusion Bill".
- "FUSION UPDATE", "WASHINGTON", "NATIONAL", "INTERNATIONAL", and "CONFERENCES" sections.
- Departments:
- "EDITORIAL" discusses the slowdown of nuclear development and the Malthusian zero-growth philosophy controlling Carter administration policy, also affecting the agriculture industry.
- "LETTERS", "THE LIGHTNING ROD", "VIEWPOINT", "RESEARCH", and "THE BLUE PAGES".
- Special Report: Science Versus Scarcity
- "The Thermodynamics of Agriculture: How to Feed the Whole World" by Calvin Larson.
- "The Frontiers of Agricultural Science: Making Shock Waves in Productivity" by Dr. Richard Pollak.
- "The Great Pesticide Hoax".
- "Doing Something About the Weather: The Role of Plasma Physics in Climatology" by Dr. Steven Bardwell and "How Weather Systems Work" by Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.
- Articles on agriculture crisis, drought, famine, water plan, and U.S. agricultural economics.
- Editorial argues for the importance of science and technology in industry and agriculture for global development, contrasting with the Global 2000 Report's population reduction projections. It emphasizes the concept of agricultural and industrial parity policy.