Brian H wrote: …as far as “all your money”, the coffee budget of those companies would exceed what LPP needs.
Yes, this is the other point to make in the case to the car industry. So many people leave fusion to big government because they see it as too expensive to tackle. Of course, it may not be as small as the company coffee budget, and LPP is going into cost overruns now. Other approaches may yield quick results or drag on a bit, but all within a far more manageable realm than most people think of when they think of fusion.
The upshot is – the challenge is to show costs as reasonable, with the incentive that uncertainty may work in your favor for a huge upside. Part of this balanced nutritious energy portfolio.