Fusion reactors: Not what they’re cracked up to be

Re:Fusion reactors: Not what they’re cracked up to be by jandrese on Wednesday April 26, 2017 @01:18PM (#14204988)

Why wouldn't an African nation want to charge rent to some European country for vast amounts of land that are otherwise literally worthless[1]? It's not like they're strangers to private company security forces that are basically just extrajudicial mercenaries. History says any company that wants to do this just needs to apply some bribes to the appropriate officials.

[1] In the sense that nobody is willing to buy it so it has no price.

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Re:Fusion reactors: Not what they’re cracked up to be by Arizhel on Wednesday April 26, 2017 @01:44PM (#14205230)

Yeah, I'm sure it'll look just great that Germany or whoever is stationing the Wehrmacht in northern Africa, and no one will complain about that... /s

You really think that's a viable way to maintain the electric power supply for all of Europe? "What could possibly go wrong?!"

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Re:Fusion reactors: Not what they’re cracked up to be by jandrese on Wednesday April 26, 2017 @02:21PM (#14205582)

It won't be uniformed European troops. It will be Blackwater type mercenaries. They'll have an implicit license to kill and/or abuse any locals. That's how you do security for European companies in Africa.

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Re:Fusion reactors: Not what they’re cracked up to be by Arizhel on Thursday April 27, 2017 @05:17PM (#14214784)

You really think you should put the entire welfare and existence of the European continent in the favor of some hired Blackwater mercenaries? Are you f'in serious?

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Re:Fusion reactors: Not what they’re cracked up to be by hueving on Wednesday April 26, 2017 @03:16PM (#14206068)

Yes, destabilized countries always act rationally on the global market. /s

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