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You know, I'm kinda getting fed up with all the negativity.
Let's think about it this way.
Would we have gotten to the moon if we didn't throw some money at the project and makes some mistakes? Hell no.
Would we have developed nuclear energy if we didn't throw money at it and makes some mistakes? Hell no.
Are we ever gonna get to Mars if someone doesn't throw any money at the project and we make some mistakes along the way? You better believe the answer is a resounding NOPE.
The same applies to fusion energy. The field is not as full of hucksters as people believe. If that were the case then we'd have a bunch of paper mache fusion units and a bunch of wackos screaming like the happiest lunatics alive while they make for parts unknown. This is not a field where we're gonna find some magical silver bullet that makes fusion suddenly easy.
Want more? Okay.
First, look up how much money the USSR and the USA collectively poured into their space programs until Niel Armstrong walked on the moon and came home to talk about it? How much money was that? Betcha if you convert it to 2014 money it was a hell of a lot. Possibly even more than has been devoted to fusion research by far.
Again, let's see how much money has been devoted to nuclear energy. I'll be fair in saying we can exclude weapons research, however you will need to include the spending of any country that has assisted with fusion research thus far. But just the money spent on the fissionable side of things. So, how much money is it? Account for inflation, if you would please. Pretty sure it's a lot more than the money spent on fusion.
Fusion will continue to be a pipe dream until we take it seriously, folks.
End of rant.
You know, I'm kinda getting fed up with all the negativity.
Let's think about it this way.
Would we have gotten to the moon if we didn't throw some money at the project and makes some mistakes? Hell no.
Would we have developed nuclear energy if we didn't throw money at it and makes some mistakes? Hell no.
Are we ever gonna get to Mars if someone doesn't throw any money at the project and we make some mistakes along the way? You better believe the answer is a resounding NOPE.
The same applies to fusion energy. The field is not as full of hucksters as people believe. If that were the case then we'd have a bunch of paper mache fusion units and a bunch of wackos screaming like the happiest lunatics alive while they make for parts unknown. This is not a field where we're gonna find some magical silver bullet that makes fusion suddenly easy.
Want more? Okay.
First, look up how much money the USSR and the USA collectively poured into their space programs until Niel Armstrong walked on the moon and came home to talk about it? How much money was that? Betcha if you convert it to 2014 money it was a hell of a lot. Possibly even more than has been devoted to fusion research by far.
Again, let's see how much money has been devoted to nuclear energy. I'll be fair in saying we can exclude weapons research, however you will need to include the spending of any country that has assisted with fusion research thus far. But just the money spent on the fissionable side of things. So, how much money is it? Account for inflation, if you would please. Pretty sure it's a lot more than the money spent on fusion.
Fusion will continue to be a pipe dream until we take it seriously, folks.
End of rant.