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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (39217)	10/6/2003 6:51:32 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Respond to of 74559

Hawk, solar is already viable. BP Solar is selling heaps. The accounts will be at the BP site I suppose. The question is how much it will expand? BP thinks a lot. For a couple of decades, BP has been an "energy company". If I remember rightly, they've funded hydrogen fusion for decades. That's reasonably long term. They also fund blue skies research. Professor Cadogan back in the day was an academic put in charge of BP Research and I reckoned he was more interested in pure science than things that would fund BP's development. I'd call that Philanthropic Investment - SI search will get my rants on that, in which those who can afford it, should do the high risk research and development which will cost a lot of money and probably won't get anywhere, but might create vast opportunities and benefit to nearly everyone and thereby help, indirectly, the company or person doing the funding. I disagree that governments are better at the long term research. Irwin Jacobs for example has funded many millions at UCSD. Many other people and companies spend huge amounts at universities on fundamental research, not to mention in their own facilities. Check out Ayn Rand for the bottomless pit for science funding. Mqurice