This week saw the opening of the National Ignition Facility in California.The goal of the work is to achieve nuclear fusion, the cleanest energy source yet from the atomic research work that lead to WWII's atom bombs.
The time-lines involved mean that we must still move forward with solar, wind, geothermal as well as conventional nuclear energy in the near future.
The promise of fusion is that of plentiful and clean energy, removing one of the pressures of land, water, food, energy etc. that drive wars and much of politics, with their small-minded, mean spirited models of limited resources and zero sum outcomes, the antithesis of the expansive spirit of creativity and abundance inherent in Dwapara Yuga.
Some critics have questioned why such projects should even be attempted, ignoring that while one in every two dollars in a socialist country are taxes, even in the United States, that figure is still one in three, and should provide for the common good as well as serving the special interests of lobbyists and large campaign contributors.
Such research is in-line with the spirit of Dwapara Yuga, much as the Apollo program in the 1960s, breaking down limitations of space and understanding the finer details of energy, much as barriers and limitations in wider society come crashing down.
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