[ckilmer]

even marginal gains per shot will get them to 20 in 5 years.

Would you pay for this with your own money?
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Basic and applied research is some of the best best ways that tax dollars are spent. The payoff is that in time the cost of energy will be orders of magnitude cheaper for the public.

[AdmSmith]

Basic and applied research is some of the best best ways that tax dollars are spent.

I absolutely agree with that. However, I do not think that Q will increase enough to make it profitable. Better and cheaper with fission,