Titanium powder EBM 3D printers aren't exactly cheap, I wouldn't worry too much about 3D pirates for now. Unless they start using gold, then we have a problem on our hands!
Electrolysis is great, but it consumes A LOT of electricity. Thus, the fuel cell solution is tied to the ways we generate electricity. So without a bunch of new nuclear plants we still have a problem, and breeders have to face many political and technological problems. Even if the coal plants are more efficient than an individual motor the fuel cell is doomed from the start, better invest is super high-tech batteries.
Sorry, but you don't seem to have read any history books about the workers conditions in the industrial age or the 30 glorious years we had after WW2. Also, do you know any people working minimum wage? If you did you would probably not make so many drug references. I agree about the nest-egg thing, but you have to understand that not everybody has been raised in a middle-class family, might be an immigrant sending money abroad (remember that the US has been built by immigrants), and might not be able to generate a profit that would shield them when desperate times come. I know it seems to be against meritocracy, but the fact is, everyone was not born gifted OR in a situation to be successful in life and as a community of human beings some people feel they should share for everyone to live decently, and maybe even be happier.
Well... breeder reactors don't have a very good track record. See:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monjuhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superph%C3%A9nix
It can probably be done, but the use of sodium for cooling (which burns in contact with air and explodes when it touches water), and the fact that you must push a lot of sodium very fast through the system to get the heat out do not make them exactly "safe".
No offense, I hate Quebec politics as you do, but language politics in Quebec have been historically problematic (understatement!) and are in no way comparable to every single governmental body's decisions. France is a completely different question, even if we share the same language.
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Titanium powder EBM 3D printers aren't exactly cheap, I wouldn't worry too much about 3D pirates for now. Unless they start using gold, then we have a problem on our hands!
Alternative: NASA's World Wind http://worldwind.arc.nasa.gov/
Electrolysis is great, but it consumes A LOT of electricity. Thus, the fuel cell solution is tied to the ways we generate electricity. So without a bunch of new nuclear plants we still have a problem, and breeders have to face many political and technological problems. Even if the coal plants are more efficient than an individual motor the fuel cell is doomed from the start, better invest is super high-tech batteries.
Sorry, but you don't seem to have read any history books about the workers conditions in the industrial age or the 30 glorious years we had after WW2. Also, do you know any people working minimum wage? If you did you would probably not make so many drug references. I agree about the nest-egg thing, but you have to understand that not everybody has been raised in a middle-class family, might be an immigrant sending money abroad (remember that the US has been built by immigrants), and might not be able to generate a profit that would shield them when desperate times come. I know it seems to be against meritocracy, but the fact is, everyone was not born gifted OR in a situation to be successful in life and as a community of human beings some people feel they should share for everyone to live decently, and maybe even be happier.
Well... breeder reactors don't have a very good track record. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monju http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superph%C3%A9nix It can probably be done, but the use of sodium for cooling (which burns in contact with air and explodes when it touches water), and the fact that you must push a lot of sodium very fast through the system to get the heat out do not make them exactly "safe".
No offense, I hate Quebec politics as you do, but language politics in Quebec have been historically problematic (understatement!) and are in no way comparable to every single governmental body's decisions. France is a completely different question, even if we share the same language.