100 billion would give us all that is needed to make free energy a reality for the world. The research is done. Tesla knew how and he was killed for knowing it. The means to do it have been suppressed by the Bill Gates etc of the world. Let them pony up!
Do not wander down the rabbit hole of conspiracy and pseudoscience.
Telsa’s early years of invention he rivaled any that would compete (Edison comes to mind) but later he went sadly quite mad.
There is a good reason that many of “mad scientist” characters in fiction bear a not to far removed likness of N.Tesla.
100 billion would give us all that is needed to make free energy a reality for the world. The research is done. Tesla knew how and he was killed for knowing it. The means to do it have been suppressed by the Bill Gates etc of the world. Let them pony up!
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Gates argued for 16 billion more worth of federal research. These kinds of numbers support a lot more private money coming into the game. Nobody is going to risk a lot of money if they believe the government is going to shoot them down.