Thursday, January 19, 2006

Man, I Love Chinese Press Releases

This one, about Chinese attempts to get a fusion research reactor going, contains some pretty funny chinglish sentences:
The energy resource crisis has begun to threaten the world, as oil, coal and other types of non-renewable energy resources will be used up in a century. Scientists recommend the extraction of deuterium from sea water and the ignition of nuclear fusion of this element in temperatures as high as 100 million degrees Celsius. In nuclear fusion, deuterium abstracted from one kilogram of sea water will be able to produce as much energy as that of 300 liters of gasoline.
"Abstracted"?