Here comes fusion!
The thing that annoys me about the fusion hype is it's just an attempt to attract more research money. Of course, there is also the opportunity to sell shares to those foolish enough to believe a working fusion power plant is just around the corner. What we really need to do is face up to the challenges we are creating by committing to building new fission reactors. We are behind the curve in terms of infrastructure and financing. Unless we get up to speed, we're going to have a bunch of aging reactors suffering from shoddy maintenance, poor reliability, bankrupt investors, and poverty stricken rate payers. This already happened on a smaller scale, and it will happen again because we are about to forge ahead with something for which we are not ready. For those of you thinking we need to stop the nuke rush, forget it. It is going to happen. The promise of unlimited electrical energy is too much to resist. We are going to do this. We better get ready. Just ignore all this fusion hype and concentrate on the immediate challenge.
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Eventually that will be an accurate statement.
