re: #97 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

It’ll be the investment that will end up being attacked, particularly by the Oil Lobby. “Why,” they’ll argue, “should we spend billions investing in a prototype that won’t be ready for 5 years when we can be drilling in those same 5 years? We can have new crude oil on the market when they’re just flipping the switch on this single reactor!”

And, of course, the Know-Nothings will be right there with them, like good little useful idiots. “Yeah! If it works so well, then private industry will invest in it! That they’re not working on it proves that the costs simply don’t outweigh the benefits!”

dreaming up different scenarios is fun….usually none of them are close to reality tho