re: How pissed will the green lobby be when fusion gets going?

war on minority women!

Sooooo . . . the "Socialist Party of Great Britain" speaks for whom? I mean, clearly themselves, but other than that?

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Hell, almost all of my liberal friends from college would wet themselves at the prospect of a viable fusion option.

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I don't doubt that. These guys are true believers and have good intentions. However lets follow the money for a second.

1.) Academia - research grants.

2.) Federal Government - carbon taxes (via carbon credits)

3.) Wall Street - I'm using that term loosely (for example, LINK) And:

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Goldman wants this bill. The plan is (1) to get in on the ground floor of paradigm-shifting legislation, (2) make sure that they're the profit-making slice of that paradigm and (3) make sure the slice is a big slice. Goldman started pushing hard for cap-and-trade long ago, but things really ramped up last year when the firm spent $3.5 million to lobby climate issues.

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1, 2, or 3 won't be happy about fusion technology. Well, maybe Goldman Sachs. They have their hands in every damn thing. They are so well hedged.

Why do so many "gotcha" 's in political rhetoric involve predictions and/or questions about things that have never happened?

Isn't this pretty simple? Who does "free" or crazy crazy cheaply made energy hurt? Those who offer expensive energy right? Thats gotta be the first thought. You guys are all about markets right? Who are the competitors?

The first thing I think about with fusion is how much it will likely spur scientific advancement, but also economic. I will say this though, there is no way that something this big doesn't scare a lot of people. Probably a lot of people you wouldnt immediately think of. I truly hope I live to see it.

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Let's see....Obama and co have attempted to prop up an entire solar, wind, unicorn industry that just cant compete. When skunkworks releases their model in 2017, it wont take more than a week before all the liberals who have invested in wind and solar go apoplectic.

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You are a lunatic, no question about it.

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You don't think that universities will be going gaga over building fusion reactors?

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Sure. However the pool of researcher and research grants studying climate change will likely come to a screeching halt. That's a big change for this industry. So they'll have to adapt or go to the house.

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You don't think that the federal government would love to solve the energy crisis?

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I'm skeptical. However if there is sufficient pressure from the people the federal government will do what the people tell it to do. So, if the people buy into the fusion technology will the the federal government get out of ME wars and carbon tax ideas?

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You don't think there is money to be made in new technology?

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Of course there is money to be made. That's the current incentive behind this technology.

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Most of all, you don't think that a ground breaking source of new energy won't create a whole new industry developing new ways to utilize it?

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Absolutely.

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Tell me, in your opinion, did the internal combustion engine help or hurt the economy?

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Of course it helped.

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Sure it includes plenty of them...but also virtually every other energy player.

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look again at how much of a barrel of oil goes to energy and how much goes to "other".

how much of green energy goes to "other"?

zero. They will be the laser-disc of the energy world.

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grants studying climate change will likely come to a screeching halt

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These leaches are the first ones I though of. Fusion can't get here fast enough if not to just make these frickers baristas again.