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
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.
With fusion technology (50 years away if no one will fund them, 20 years if they get as much funding as we spend killing each other) we'd practically have free electricity from a 100% safe and clean source that has almost limitless fuel (Water/Deuterium). As you quite rightly say though, we live in a capitalist society where making things cheaper doesn't suit the fat cats. The stupid part is that out governments to realise that free energy would lead to a massive economic boom, gaining them more taxes anyway.....
