There is even a fusion project under way in Europe (collaboration with US teams) which is despiratly trying to source £35m, the UK government is spending £250m on installing new internet services.....who gives a crap about fast internet when you can't afford to run a pc?
Well thats my little rant over

Welcome to politics

More and/or louder voices are clammoring for better/cheaper/faster internet, but everyone just pays their utility bills without thinking about it. Current energy providers are also generally pressuring
against competing sources of cheaper/cleaner energy, at least in the US.
That and thanks to Japan's recent troubles
nobody wants to touch nuclear power, even though it's the best power source we have available with current technology.
It's really a damn shame, we could all have $0.03/kWh power costs, and the providers of nuclear power would
still be making a hefty profit.