Why no breakthroughs in energy?

Some of the top minds discuss the question on a Wall Street Journal Online video. h/t Instapundit



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Comment:

There's no mention of the Thorium fuel cycle. Nuclear power is assumed to be always bad. The three people on the stage are today's superstars. But yesterday's superstars advocated the Thorium fuel cycle in a molten salt reactor.

I am reminded of a story I once read in "Success Through a Positive Mental Attitude". The story was of a man who had an invention that could discover oil. He became discouraged and gave up right on the verge of a great discovery. He set up his machine in Oklahoma City and the machine said that there was a lot of oil. He didn't believe it.  It was "too good to be true".  That phrase was on this video.

Everybody's heard that phrase before. But sometimes a good thing is a good thing and it is right under your own nose. You should check it out. Jumping to conclusions is a bad idea.