Mining the moon
Helium-3 is a light, nonradioactive isotope that has immense potential to generate relatively clean energy through nuclear fusion. The only catch: it is rare on Earth but abundant on the moon. Many projects are underway to mine the moon for this resource. For instance, the Russian space company RKK Energiya announced that it considers lunar helium-3 a potential economic resource to be mined by 2020.
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Bad Idea! We have fU**ed up this planet so why do this to our moon. I think we need to question the destructive nature of man
This one has "BAD IDEA" written all over it.
Interesting, but hardly a "surprisingly easy" source of power. Mining the Moon is hardly "Easy," but is trivial compared to controlled fusion. To the best of my knowledge nobody has made any progress towards practical sustained fusion in the last 40 years. The only working fusion reactor you are ever likely to see is about 150 million kilometers away.
But you know, I'm going to do some reading on piezoelectric ... sidewalks are stupid ... Freeways ...
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