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Strategies & Market Trends : Waiting for the big Kahuna -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: William H Huebl who wrote (73065)	4/27/2006 5:17:20 AM
From: Real Man	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 94695

It might. The problem is that DOE and other funding agencies fund research in Hydrogen storage (not a solution, rather a drain on energy, since hydrogen requires more oil to produce than it's stored energy) + nanotechnology (total crap, with a hope for photovoltaics, will require to cover 10% of US land in photoelements to generate energy needed; energy cost of producing the elements will pay off in 30-40 years -g-). The funds on real solutions, such as 1) Hot fusion (cold fusion is not science, it's crap, since there is no such thing) 2) Coal fuel (US has 700 years worth of coal, and the most coal in the world; it can be transformed to fuel to power cars) 3) superconductivity (Quickly rechargable electric cars, no energy loss power lines, etc.) are cut. New funds are given by the president to fund research to solve the energy crisis, but guess what? These funds are going to crap again, and the funding for real solutions is cut. The reason is they now have a "roadmap", which they are not willing to change. So, good $$$ are thrown after the bad $$$. We were almost there with hot fusion in the late 90-s, but since the funding was cut, we are still not there. fusedweb.pppl.gov Hot fusion is difficult, it will require huge hot fusion nuclear plants, so it can't possibly be used in cars. But if these plants generate enough electricity, we'll be able to survive, with the help of superconducting batteries. That is, provided that someone smart tells DOE, NSF, DOD, and others to fund the right stuff. They are funding crap now, and with increased funding, they are continuing to do so.