The $65 billion in tax credits, grants, and loans for clean energy that was in the 2009 stimulus is pretty much all gone.
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-11-22/u-s-clean-energy-needs-private-funding-as-stimulus-wanes.html
What should happen next?
It would seem that tax policy is vital to future growth of clean fusion — every bit as important as federal R&D budgets, if not more important.
Thoughts?