> The NIF is an experimental > facility for fusion research. If it's successful, then energy companies will > profit hugely from research that they either can't afford, or are too > short-sighted to fund.
I understand that. It's also a project that is: 600% over budget; 8 years behind schedule; and won an award for that. I only included that article as an example of the folly of looking to the govt. as a mechanism for "science," as was so loudly crowed here. Sure, you'll get science, and whole lot of waste and politicizing of science too. But, I get it, it's Team Blue time; when all is good and righteous. And let's be clear about something: there is a role for govt in funding scientific research. I just don't have on the partisan blinkers and make silly pronouncements about "science" "coming back" now that the right people are in charge. ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
