Re: If you were the Presdient ....

Every once in a while they test the public to see if they are ready for
nuclear power, say something simple like a "dirty bomb" scare or a news
story about an "accidental release" or how "terrorists" might  have smuggled
a nuke in and so far the very mention of the words "nuclear" atomic or god
forbid "radioactive" or "radiation" strikes a primal fear deep inside the
average american joe-sixpack comsumer. Ironically the tests are doomed for
failure as it is the ignorance and misinformation and dread of accepting
responsibility for anything (cummon ya spilt coffee on yourself yeah it
burns, but your stupidity caused it and burns do heal, all that matters is
thay you learn from the mistake!) at all that is the heart of the problem.
If the dumbing down, "idiot proofing" and irresponsibility continues our
country will become like "A brave new world" or fail into disolution anarchy
and chaos. The time to accept responsibility and protest the "Great ___ must
save us from ourselves" atitudes is now. It must end and sooner the better
before it is too late and we loose freedom of speech too!
Speak softly and carry a big stick
Chris

"Fred Hapgood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> ... of some well-off but energy-hungry country, like Japan
> or China or even the US, and you wanted to launch a very
> public initiative around energy independence, would you
> embrace fusion?  If so, what would the specifics be?
> Funding a petaflops computer to do plasma simulations?
> How much would you want to spend?
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> Or is it all so iffy and distant that a public embrace
> would make no political sense, even to an enlightened politician
> like yourself?  I don't think you need to start hooking
> working generators up to the grid to make political
> sense, but there has to be some kind of payoff.  The money can't
> just disappear down the toilet, year after year after year.
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