>the DOE is the only entity capable of investing in research of this kind? who else other than government has this kind of money for such fundamental research?

>the DOE is the only entity capable of investing in research of this kind? who else other than government has this kind of money for such fundamental research? (i.e. a lot of money without any feasible productization in the next at least 10 years) May be IBM Almaden comes closest, and yet it is still very far.