Posted on 06/23/2008 10:07:38 PM PDT by rabscuttle385
Why is Rep. Randy Forbes all alone out there?
Rep. Forbes is an earnest Republican congressman from Virginia who has distinguished himself by calling for a "Manhattan Project" to fully end the U.S.'s dependence on foreign energy within 20 years. The Manhattan Project label harks back to the government's crash project to develop and field a nuclear weapon within just a few years to prevail in World War II.
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What’s the plan? Cost? Schedule?
Too expensive to scale up. Go for one procedure that will do the job. Then get serious about nuclear fusion and that doesn't mean fringe physics like cold fusion.
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