Ron Kita <[email protected]> wrote: > > Governments cannot resist. Will almost free energy be killed by taxation. >
I do not think the voters would allow that. As I have often pointed out, cold fusion will save the average US citizen roughly $2000 per year, $8000 for a family of four. That's just the start; later it will save even more, as goods and services everywhere become cheaper because of zero cost energy. $2000 per person is far larger than the biggest tax break in history. If special interests attempt to strangle cold fusion, or impose unreasonable taxes on it, I do not think the voters will stand by doing nothing in response. A political leader who would deny ordinary people $2000 per year would face unprecedented voter anger. That much money will sweep aside the most powerful special interests like cobwebs. The fossil fuel companies or Wall Street Titans may think they can stop this, but their opposition will not last more than a few months in the face of public anger. As long as it becomes generally known that cold fusion is real, that it is safe, and that it will save everyone huge sums of money, cold fusion will be unstoppable. I think it would be prudent to impose some taxes on cold fusion in some applications. For example, we need something to replace the gasoline tax, to pay for road construction. I think it would be prudent to charge automobile owners a tax based the odometer for total mileage per year. Another plan would be to install automatic electronic tolls on many roads. These were recently installed in Atlanta on I-85. So far they are extremely unpopular, but I believe they are the wave of the future, as I explained in my book. - Jed
