U.S. Rep. Zoe Lofgren on fusion energy

April 5, 2023, Menlo Park — "How much do we spend on diet soda? $40 billion," says Congressmember Lofgren (D-CA 18). What if we spent that kind of money on fusion energy instead?[[TRANSCRIPT]]Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren: When I ran for Congress in 1994 — so it's been a while — one of the reasons was the need to put more research into fusion. We're not gonna be able to remove carbon from the environment unless we actually hit on fusion energy. That's gonna be a process where the science is funded by the government, but the implementation will be in the private sector.It's just a matter of what resources do we want to put into it?How much do we spend on diet soda?$40 billion.So when you take a look at what we're spending as a society on something that could be replaced with a glass of water — compared to what we need to do to save the planet — it doesn't compare well.#fusion #cleanenergy #renewableenergy