Why pursue pie in the sky at the cost of billions when we have the technology proven here today? We've had it for more than 40 years infact.
Thorium Cycle Reactors
We already mine the coal and have plenty of it ... the waste degrades quickly ... the reactors are safe ... what are we waiting for?
People to die off from war and starvation to the extent the elites want first I suppose.
Thing is there is no energy shortage... oil is not running out anytime soon and the earth is going through a normal run-of-the-mill post ice age warming period. But people are easily (mis)led and the beat goes on. We should just get started building and usher in the electro-hydrogen economy today.