Comments on: Feds Drop $106 Million Into Futuristic Energy Projects

By: Ross

Ross — Wed, 05 May 2010 15:36:04 +0000

I had a professor who had worked in the oil spill cleaning and repairing business, who claimed oil spills are common to almost a daily amount. The oil spill in the Gulf is just one! whether or not one could relate a spill to an increase or decrease in consumption or price does not seem to be substantial. The fact that America is fighting a war where tax dollars pay for our troops, then purchasing oil supplies the funds for the “enemy” should be enough of a reason to drive our country in a new direction… Finding alternative energy should be THE goal of the United States, not a small developing project where the government throws their chump change at like a homeless person on the streets of New York City. With all of our technological advancements how much more efficient have we really become? The government along with the people need to strive for a better change, not just show pity for our deteriorating world.

By: m

Wed, 05 May 2010 11:10:41 +0000

if i thought for one moment this money would go to actual research instead of huge salaries and benefits for the beaurocracy that runs it, i might be more supportive.

diverting the funds to the oil spill – now there’s an idea.

By: amphiox

amphiox — Tue, 04 May 2010 15:22:58 +0000

Not to mention that black holes actually have an energy production efficiency greater than fusion, and superior in fact to everything short of antimatter/matter.

By: Stephen Daugherty

Stephen Daugherty — Tue, 04 May 2010 14:26:59 +0000

Whew. I was worried there.

I thought your headline meant that they were dropping those programs. You might need to revise it for clarity.

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 04 May 2010 12:40:30 +0000

Wow. Clever. So you’d rather them spend it on weapons research? And $106 million is still chump change. I wonder how much the gulf oil spill will cost to clean up, or at least make a decent show of cleaning up.

By: m

Tue, 04 May 2010 11:45:56 +0000

Super Novaes provide lots of energy.

Which is ironic since because Super Novaes make Black Holes and a giant black hole is where all these tax dollars are about to fall into.