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>Thirty-five countries, representing more than half the world’s population, are invested in the project, which is so complex to finance that it requires its own
by nickodell 12y ago
>Thirty-five countries, representing more than half the world’s population, are invested in the project, which is so complex to finance that it requires its own currency: the ITER Unit of Account.
Oh lord. This is a perfect example of a bike-shed problem. They couldn't agree to use one country's currency or another, so now they're doing it in a totally custom currency.
- Terr_ 12y ago> > so complex to finance that it requires its own currency > This is a perfect example of a bike-shed problem. I disagree, I think your post is a perfect example of the "anything I don't understand outside my field must be easy" problem. http://xkcd.com/793/ http://xkcd.com/793/