Last one from me for a bit... (probably) > From: thomas malloy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> My nephew thinks that laser fusion projects such as the ITER, will work. > OTOH, he's savvy enough not to spend his own money on this research. > He'd happily spend your (tax) money on it however. Yeah but what is the cost when someone creates a bubble over a certain metal on the stock market or across the energy market in general anyway. It causes lack of business confidence, people loose jobs, government spending goes up anyway in a multitude of ways (not just welfare) say, crime increase. Swings and roundabouts. It's all interconnected. When it comes to the economy I'm not sure left or right knows what they are doing. It seems a little fiat and mild coercion shifts butts and gets the job done. > As for the wrecked careers, the hot fusion physicists have used this dream > as a cash cow for over a half century. AFAIK, there's no end in site. I guess with a numerate higher degree you can retrain as a financial engineer!! Black-Scholes and all that!! No, no, I know several people who did that, tasted the highlife for a bit and now, oh dear. Masters of Disasters (MaD) or Paper Hanging Device (PhD) in "Financial Engineering" They nailed their faeces to the wall. TaahoMas! TaahoMas! You get in dere and you kill dat mouse! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mammy_Two_Shoes
