http://fabiusmaximus.wordpress.com/2008/05/09/innovation/ A discussion of geopolitics, broadly defined, from an American's perspective. Sat, 17 May 2008 02:00:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU http://fabiusmaximus.wordpress.com/2008/05/09/innovation/#comment-2592 Keith Fri, 09 May 2008 01:49:01 +0000 http://fabiusmaximus.wordpress.com/?p=292#comment-2592 Also to add on to the revival of nuclear energy (though the above is much cheaper alternative) we have the very real prospect of He-3 mining on the moon which can be used in fusion power. Civilisation has gone through a substantial leap forward over the last 100 years, I guess we are just going through what economists like to refer to the current economic crisis as a 'period of readjustment' but in energy terms. . . <em>Fabius Maximus replies: I absolutely agree. However short or long, painful or benign, this transitional period will probably be quickly forgotten. Just as we have forgotten the many depressions in the last half of the 19th century.</em> Also to add on to the revival of nuclear energy (though the above is much cheaper alternative) we have the very real prospect of He-3 mining on the moon which can be used in fusion power. Civilisation has gone through a substantial leap forward over the last 100 years, I guess we are just going through what economists like to refer to the current economic crisis as a ‘period of readjustment’ but in energy terms.
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Fabius Maximus replies: I absolutely agree. However short or long, painful or benign, this transitional period will probably be quickly forgotten. Just as we have forgotten the many depressions in the last half of the 19th century.

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