Bob Zubrin says that people who oppose converting corn to ethanol are Malthusians.
Ummmmm…no.
We’re people who don’t think that government should be distorting the energy markets to buy votes in the Midwest. Also note that in his constant pushing of flex-fuel cars, he completely ignores the performance and engine-wear issues.
Jeff Bezos is investing in a fusion company (though as commenters there note, the technical explanation is pretty confusing). Maybe he wants to use it to power his spaceships.
I was at the Reinventing Space conference yesterday, and an AF general gave a speech saying that space is currently an advantage for the nation, strategically, but he fears that it is on the verge of becoming a vulnerability. We have to come up with a new way of doing business.
Anyway, I was thinking about going over today as well, but the Internet was dead when I got up this morning, so I had to hang around here waiting for a Verizon guy to show up. It needed a new modem.