Terry Blanton writes, > I'm betting on the Chinese with their new-found hunger for energy. > Their research seems directed at controllable energy production.
I'm with you Terry. I think the old saw of "necessity" being the "mother of invention" is not just a good observation but almost a law. And for the Chinese mentality, anytime you marry... and they will marry into our "alternative energy" family big time, you get not only the "mother of invention", but the grandmother, several dozen cousins twice-removed, and every bastard that saw you sneaking out the backdoor ;- 0 (that would be a "generic you", of course).... Our best move (the "West" in general) ? Well, that comes from another old saw, "if you can't beat 'em, join 'em" but out mainstream science establishment would rather eat bean-curds than that... so its up to us perpmos. ... anybody up for learning Mandarin? (or, what is the language of science in China these days ?) Jones
