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But if this is the case then why don't we see a massive amount of research and development, like larger than the Manhattan and Apollo projects, to ensure we get
by alexgmcm 7y ago
But if this is the case then why don't we see a massive amount of research and development, like larger than the Manhattan and Apollo projects, to ensure we get a technological solution in time?
Instead we see that EU countries aren't even hitting the miserable EU target of 2.4% of GDP to be spent on R&D let alone the 3% 2020 target, and other nations fare even worse.
- ars 7y agoBecause the only possible avenue: Nuclear power, is blocked by environmentalists. The irony of that is not lost on me, but I suspect it is lost on them.
- alexgmcm 7y agoI agree that we should investigate nuclear power, especially fusion as it offers an order of magnitude more energy (I remember when Greenpeace denounced ITER, I guess because it used to have Thermonuclear in the name..) But honestly, I don't think the environmental movement has that much power to block the research. I suspect it's just that while people like the idea of scientific and technological progress, they don't like having to pay for it.
- ars 7y ago> to block the research. To block implementation, not research. Why do you think nuclear power is so expensive?