'Major discovery' from MIT primed to unleash solar revolution

[Shintai]

Transmutation of elements into other elements is scientific fact, not fiction. You can't argue that in 10 or 50 or 100 years we won't have the ability to go back and transmute radioactive waste easily and cheaply.

Here is a basic scientific issue with that idea. To transmute something so to say, guess how much energy you need. You need alot more than you got from your fission process. hence its not a viable solution. Unless you put your money on future technology to compensate for current waste.

If the world applied civic economics global warming and renewable energy wouldnt be a problem. We already today have all technologies. Even 10-20 years ago. But greed and stupidity is preventing it.

or in short. Instant gratification. Its like having to choose between a candy bar now. Or 10 candy bars in 1 years. And you choose the 1 candy bar now.