From: rking164@comcast.net   
      
   It is important to be able to have intelligent conversation across   
   international boundaries, but because of all the bullshit simple communication   
   becomes complicated.   
   On one hand we have global warming and other environmental concerns while on   
   the other hand we see an acceleration of cold war actions breeding   
   international mistrust, when global cooperation is needed.   
   But see, to the West, global cooperation sounds too much like global   
   communism, and that is to be prevented at all costs by US military strength,   
   or soo it seems.   
   As a scientist, one might not be  inclined to such primitive thinking as it is   
   unenlightening and impedes good thought. We find it frustrating to have   
   national leadership stuck in the mindset of the 1950's   
   Once again, nuclear science could be used to address environmental and global   
   energy concerns instead of MADD blackmail.   
   US needs inexpensive electronics to optimize commercial fusion power without   
   the neutron flux issue. We need to stop this silly conflict an allow Russia   
   her Crimea and natural gas deliveries while curtailing the old fashioned   
   ethnic prejudices of    
   nationalism. This shrinking globe simply disallows it.   
   That is, US needs to be a little less aggressive with China and also to scale   
   back this Cold War which Biden escalated.   
   American propaganda will be what it is, but what is important is how we got   
   here and to secure the memory of how it happened. This means not to discredit   
   my own good memory as it contradicts current spin of what happened.   
   Scientific thinking is conducted quite differently than political thinking and   
   it should not be surprising to discover conflicting conclusions concerning   
   what is true and should be taught to our children.   
   With respect to the future of practical nuclear fusion, scientists can be   
   certainly apprehensive concerning the role of US Government control r   
   involvement. Its attitude of secrecy certainly brought about and/or escalated   
   the current Cold War.   
   With a need for international cooperation there is an impeding effort by   
   hysterical fears bred by the anti-communist attitude of US leadership who   
   depend on corporate donations for their reelection efforts.   
   The working man does feel that his interests are ignored or overlooked by the   
   elected officials who argue about nothing but the same old bullshit once   
   elected. In a conservative country, nothing really changes because the   
   politicians argue against any    
   radical changes that may be proposed. What is radical, may you ask?    
   Good question.  A working solution, perhaps?   
   With an educated background, we can seek out what is possible, but it will   
   take billions if not trillions, requiring global cooperation, in order to   
   replace fossil fuel with practical nuclear fusion energy. Science proposes   
   several possible routes.    
   Economics will suggest the optimal route, but politics may bring about several   
   routes, one perhaps better than the other.   
   I actually see China as being able to pull ahead of the US with regard to   
   delivering power to her people from nuclear fusion. This is party because US   
   state domestic policies and corporate concerns discourage optimal development   
   of practical inexpensive    
   nuclear power delivery.  Much of the opposition is related to public ignorance   
   of nuclear science and the related fears arise.   
   The actual truth concerning nuclear fusion might be the fact that current   
   technology has promising materials, electronics and computing power to manage   
   such a complicated and powerful process error free. This does not exclude any   
   damage created by    
   external hostile force. The systems always need a safe shutdown state in order   
   to stay operative.   
   I shall need proper efforts to be made to advance nuclear fusion development   
   as we bring to an end this Russo-Ukrainian conflict. Biden is managing   
   domestic support as long as no US servicemen are being sent into the fight. US   
   politicians lose votes if    
   that happens while they gain votes for being tough against communism by arming   
   Ukraine. They fear the loss of votes if they vote not to send guns and weapons   
   to help Ukraine. Despite the cost, having Ukrainian men fight against the   
   Russians works better    
   than having US soldiers fighting against the Russians. US Special Forces could   
   already be involved, but that is always kept secret. No doubt US is giving   
   Ukraine real time information obtained  from secure electronically gathered   
   intel.   
   No doubt still, the more enlightened minds are trying to figure out how to end   
   the conflict. I am sure there are solutions, but equally certain that there   
   are conflicting solutions, so we need a compromise.   
   Part of that compromise involves the dismissal of the anti-communist hysterics   
   shared by US political leadership.   
      
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