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by nkrisc 689 days ago
How long are scientific breakthroughs supposed to take?
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If:

You have finite resources

-and-

Excessive CO2 is pushing the only place where your species can live closer and closer to "no longer inhabitable" status

...then how many decades and $billions should you pour into a line of research which shows no signs of real-world utility, after 6+ decades and umpteem $billions of research?