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Billions and Billions of our hard earned cash wasted on this ever continuuing pipe dream - attempting to recreate and then to control a man-made sun, here on ea
by garyclarke27 11y ago
Billions and Billions of our hard earned cash wasted on this ever continuuing pipe dream - attempting to recreate and then to control a man-made sun, here on earth is truly rediculous - even cold fusion is a better idea than this.
I would like to create a factory for small portable nuclear reactors, standard tested proven design with inherent safety molten salt coolent - possibly thorium fuel - submarine option, out of site out of mind and protection from weather - desalination and aluminium smelter attachments to fully utilise continuus relaible power.
- mattsouth 11y agoan average of $500 million a year for 60 years seems reasonable to me given the potential reward to society https://www.technologyreview.com/s/541636/weighing-the-cost-of-big-science/ https://www.technologyreview.com/s/541636/weighing-the-cost-...
- nikdaheratik 11y agoSetting aside the fact that, if it actually works it would be clean, cheap, reliable, and nearly limitless energy for all, what about all the tech and science we're picking up just following this line of inquiry? Also, the entire budget stacks up pretty well against Social Security, Medicare, or Defense all of which are basically helping old people, poor people, or helping us kill people (kind of wasteful). Finally, how is this research money zero sum? It's not like nuclear is completely broke or something because we're spending all this money of fusion.