You are full of BS and obviously pushing for a government handout, that's what I know.
The forces of nature that operate on this planet so far outstrip any forces that mankind can muster that we have no chance of out-muscling them. Alternative energy sources are fine if they can compete in the market. The notion that we can fund R & D and somehow make those solutions competitive in a crowded market is seriously misguided. As for 3% of our yearly income going to R & D, we are already $1 trillion in the hole for the year, we need to spend less, not more. We can't spend our way out of the recession, I don't buy that FDR crap for a second. He screwed up the economy for years, and what we ended up with are the two biggest money-draining scams in world history- Social Security and Medicare. On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 11:02 AM, Gruss wrote: > > > So let's agree that we don't know, and won't ever know, but that we > need to do more research and that'll take money. > > As I've said before, most people spend between 5%-10% of their yearly > income on insurance. I'd say this problem is worth 3% of our yearly > income for research. > > What figure do you think we need to spend? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:283579 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
