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Do you agree on spending $12.8 billion to make an experimental nuclear-fusion reactor?
Europe, the U.S. and five other nations signed a 10 billion euro ($12.8 billion) agreement to build an experimental nuclear-fusion reactor that one day could replace conventional nuclear power plants.
The U.S., South Korea, China, India, Japan, Russia and the European Union agreed to finance and share the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor...
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- Otis FLv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
YES YES YES YES
Nuclear fusion is very difficult to achieve. That $12.8 billion is a drop in the bucket compared to what will really be required to make fusion reactors a commercial success.
However, if we can make nuclear fusion a commercial success, it will do so much to reduce pollution from other sources that it will be well worth it.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
OK we've spend $300,000,000,000,000 on the iraq war and what has been the end result. At least we won't kill anybody and can acomplish something for better mankind with this.
- 1 decade ago
In the grand scheme of things that is not too much money to spend to look into this.
- 1 decade ago
yes, hell yes. the money risk isnt really that significant (even when it will probably end up going 5 times the planned budget )and the rewards would be.
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- Anonymous1 decade ago
To be honest, what is the alternative?
