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Originally Posted by Zachstar
Nice try but polywell fusion got a huge boost of funding under Obama compared to Bush.
And solar can be a serious energy source IF more money flowed into research instead of feel good large projects.
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Funding research is one thing getting them built is quite another.
The US has been quite restrictive when it comes to building things like reactors. Or any kind of energy plant for that matter.
Hell we cant even draw off wells that are already tapped in the Gulf for cryin out loud.
So were hamstrung by... well ourselves.
Look what happened to the one person whom tried to take initative on alternative energy Tboon Pickens. Now hes stuck with a bunch of wind tubines and no where to put them because the costs of transmission lines are prohibitive what with all the regulations and enviromental restrictions involved not to mention the union labor that would be required.
Now that tax revenues are a record low these research grants will dry up as well.
Oh and solar... it aint there yet not on large scale. About the only real efficent use for solar right now is for hot water and small 'storage' systems. Im in the industry I have first hand knowledge.
