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The government could drop funding of fusion that can't be commercialized and give grants to other fusion projects? Funding between government research agendas
by throwawaymaths 3y ago
The government could drop funding of fusion that can't be commercialized and give grants to other fusion projects? Funding between government research agendas is rivalrous too.
- onlyrealcuzzo 3y agoThis isn't a zero sum game. We have enough money that we can do both. It should only be a question of whether this NIF research is useful. Surely, they are actually producing some value. There research is beneficial to fusion in general. Is it useful enough? I don't know.
- throwawaymaths 3y agoYou're kidding right? Political handouts are exactly a zero sum game. To fund something new, you must pick one of either: - decrease spending elsewhere - tax people more - borrow on credit - print money