It seems that the international Fusion reactor planned to be built in France is being scaled back due to cost and technical issues. The estimates for the project have increased due to changes in costs for raw materials and there are still some technical issues that need resolution. The cost/benefit analysis is causing concerns as the costs rise.
Interestingly enough though there seems to be no such cost/benefit analysis performed when we look at green technology such as solar, wind and little mouse driven wheels. They show that the costs will be paid back within 150 years or so, they will never deliver the power we need and it’s only government subsidies that make them viable to anyone with any sense. Government subsidies of course that we pay for through increased costs on more viable projects.
If only we could wait a few years before we make decisions that will last for decades. Governments are the only ones pushing this green agenda now. More and more Joe Public are seeing it as the scam it is and questioning these decisions. Soon even our dozy politicians will realise that the tide has turned and that this easy way of raising taxes is coming to an end.
We need to spend this money in solving these technical issues. It’s one of the few real ways we have of powering our civilisation and human ingenuity will undoubtedly find a way.
Choices have consequences
Unless of course you are in the UK. You can then ignore the down sides of your choices.
You see I want to live out in the middle of North Wales. Except for Plod who set roadside cameras on every straight bit of road it’s very nice and relaxing. No big city bustle and no loud mouthed kids to spoil your day. Only problem is that it’s always a bit far to go when you run out of milk, emergency services are a bit far away and there is no real broadband access. So I decided I had to live somewhere else. I made my choices.
Now it appears that once again those that made the wrong choices are being subsidised by those that made more sensible choices. It appears that I am now going to pay for broadband to be installed in areas where it is not economically viable for a company to do it. What a great country we live in where the government takes money off you to install some infrastructure for free so a private company can charge others to use and paid for by those that don’t need it.
How long before we have a toilet tax because those not connected to mains water and sewage pipe can have indoor plumbing and they have a right to water in this country. Next thing you know Spar and the like will be subsidised to build a store every few miles so no one is more than 5 minutes from a local store and we can’t forget KFC or McDonalds. What about the NHS and the Fire Brigade? It’s my right to have the same levels of service there as well. Makes you wonder why the are still privatising the Post Office. It seems they can’t get anything right.
So looking like a good time to move out of civilisation. I can do what the Yanks do. Move out of California because they don’t like the rules and taxes and then insist on the same services as they had then.