Can you hold your breath for 5-10 years? That is about about how far away we are from nuclear waste free p + B-11 inertial electrostatic confinement fusion.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_W._Bussardhttp://www.askmar.com/Fusion.html
It is clear to me that Bussard is the most important man on the planet at the moment. Anyone got $200 million for him to build a full size prototype? Do yourself (and the rest of us) a favour and check out his research.
ps. with low cost energy you can make ethanol from low value sugar cane for 35c / litre. (if you are stuck on combustion,:-P)
The only question still open for debate is whether humans are the primary cause of the increase in temperature. I don't know what level uncertainty you consider "open for debate", but just in case you are living under a rock:
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (UPCC) has concluded that:
Most of the observed increase in globally averaged temperatures since the mid-20th century is very likely (greater than 90% likely) due to the observed increase in anthropogenic (human) greenhouse gas concentrations
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Can you hold your breath for 5-10 years? That is about about how far away we are from nuclear waste free p + B-11 inertial electrostatic confinement fusion. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_W._Bussard http://www.askmar.com/Fusion.html It is clear to me that Bussard is the most important man on the planet at the moment. Anyone got $200 million for him to build a full size prototype? Do yourself (and the rest of us) a favour and check out his research. ps. with low cost energy you can make ethanol from low value sugar cane for 35c / litre. (if you are stuck on combustion, :-P)
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (UPCC) has concluded that:
Most of the observed increase in globally averaged temperatures since the mid-20th century is very likely (greater than 90% likely) due to the observed increase in anthropogenic (human) greenhouse gas concentrations
http://www.ipcc.ch/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intergovernmental_Pa
It is time to stop pretending there isn't a scientific consensus on this issue.