I’ve got SO much other stuff to do but just cannot pass this by. Today, Gore made a call for a Moon landing type project to get rid of fossil fuels for US power in 10 years. OK we do have to do something and we have millions of acres full of nothing that could have solar panels and windmills. BUT he did not mention at all Fusion power! The fusion reaction, which does not intrinsically make radioactive waste, is the ultimate dream for power on this earth and if the engineering problems of containment could be solved, it would produce all the power we need for as long as we need it. It is not such a pie in the sky dream that no one is interested because research is going on now in France by the International Thermonuclear Energy Research consortium (ITER) supported by EU, India, Russia, China, Japan, even South Korea, and the US. I should reiterate this is for non-polluting power plants, not Hydrogen Bombs (please settle down, Green Peace).
You know what is ironic? The US support for this research was eliminated from our 2008 budget! Why? – Too expensive! Excuse me while I scream!