In reply to Horace Heffner's message of Wed, 12 Nov 2008 10:58:46 -0900: Hi, [snip] >(11) subsidizing and >cutting the red tape required to build a nationwide underground HVDC >backbone power distribution system, a project similar in national >defense significance to the construction of super highways in the >1950s, and one that might best be accomplished by the government >directly using bid contracts. [snip] If some form of fusion energy is developed, then this could turn out to be a wasted investment, since it assumes that energy distribution is most cheaply accomplished when that energy is electrical. However distribution of fusion fuel is far cheaper, because of the extreme energy density (well, that's what my intuition says anyway ;) Furthermore, distribution of fusion fuel is much more flexible. Changes to a HVDC grid are expensive, while redirecting a truck carrying fuel costs essentially nothing. Regards,
Robin van Spaandonk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
