Churches really don't have that much taxable money.
Also fusion isn't really possible, you'd need something like graphene which could absorb heat extremely quickly, which making 3 foot thick graphene container walls is more or less a pipe dream at the moment; you can slow down the rate of reaction in fusion, but then you lose energy since the magnetic containment fields energy costs are just the same and you lose energy and whatnot. If it gets too hot and too powerful it will destroy your container walls. Making more than you put into it will take something that can transfer heat quickly, like diamond, or graphene, which can do it like twice as well but resists nuetron degradation very well. In other words your material construction has to be through the roof as well, in addition to something to initiate fusion; fundamental problems include getting enough photons on one spot to initiate enough fusion molecules to be self sustaining.
Also where will we get the deuterium?
By the time we're done boiling all that water, or even desalinating it, we'll lost enormous amounts of energy.
Also Thorium has more power, not pound for pound, since it's insanely denser, but it has more power.
It also would be cheaper. And price is significant. If say, carbon fiber was 3 times cheaper which, the bulk of it's cost is electricity and energy, it would be as much as steel. This means your average car could be stronger than steel yet 3-5 times lighter weight (not all the car is steel, but it's over 5 times lighter weight in terms of density), meaning your average 20 mpg car could be 60 mpg. Not only does this save money, but it saves over all fuel consumption, which puts us below the threshold of foreign oil imports and extends to life our our current fuel reserves. If you switched over to electric, you'd have triple the range and 3 times the battery and engine life due to less stress.
But, then when using batteries, why not use Lithium titanate? Lasts 20 times longer than lithium ion and can be recharged in 10 minutes. But it's expensive.
Where's it primary cost? Electricity, and precision control of evaporative chemicals. Remove that, we can all have top grade batteries that won't wear out in 3 life time's in a carbon fiber car for like 10,000 bucks. Since electricity it already cheaper, this compounds cost of living issues, reducing to almost nothing, for buses and public transportation possibly, as well.
It also is safer for the environment and doesn't burn well.
Win-win.
Edited by Manoka, 11 November 2012 - 03:17 PM.