You are right, the government should have given them 5 times as much money to prove that something 5 times more expensive than current generating technologies would cost 5 times as much to the consumer/taxpayer.
The market for CSP(none) drove them out of business not the government. LENR has the potential to up-end the current market and I am all for that. Let capital markets decide. There was a government study done once that showed there is good money to be made in government studies. The recent government/green spend program has taken that concept to a new level. On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 3:10 PM, Jed Rothwell <[email protected]> wrote: > Chemical Engineer <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> Your problem is that you believe everything you read off those green >> energy blogs/flyers and believe it is true. >> >> The original Solar One and Solar Two Power Towers were moth-balled 20 >> years ago. >> > > Yes. Things often go wrong with cutting edge technology. Ask Boeing. > > > >> BrightSource was Luz2 the reincarnation of Luz1 that went bankrupt in the >> late 80's when the government cut their funding back then. >> > > They were driven out of business by political machinations of the power > companies and the coal industry. They were forced to build installations > that every study showed would be too small. They could have built them 5 > times larger and made a profit, but the power companies refused. It was a > ploy. > > - Jed > >
