re: Pending revolution in energy and electronics

Superconductivity research has been ongoing for over 100 years now.

I have been hearing that a break-through is 'just right around the corner' for as long as I can remember.

Its the same thing with fusion power. It's been researched for decades with no real break-through yet but just a 'few' more years and it will be attained.

It's kinda like the old prospector who has been digging for gold for decades who believes he is just about to hit it big only to die a pauper.

After years of seeing the next 'big thing', only to fizzle out, I am hugely skeptical of seeing break-through in fusion energy and superconductivity.

Its the same with solar and wind power.

Untold hundreds of billions of $$$ have been extorted from us, you & I the good ole American taxpayer, to chase after rainbows.

It's almost like the governments They really don't want to solve problems, they want to keep the masses perpetually down and dependent, on them.
That keeps them in power and incredibly wealthy beyond most dreams.

We used to have a saying in construction work, don't work yourself out of a job.

Look, not trying to be a Debbie-Downer here but lets be realistic.

The 'researchers' are riding the gravy-train of government subsidies into studies and grants.

Yes, absolutely, positively, we need to keep pushing hard on research, not just on superconductivity, fusion power, even solar, but the line has to be drawn somewhere.

There needs to some sort of 'X-prize' offered for actual break-throughs.