I’ve commented a lot on this thread, and the subject seems to have wandered – although Western energy independence and the fight against jihad are interlinked.

I’ll put forward a fantasy scenario, but one that is actually possible. Possible, as in we don’t know whether it’s feasible yet. The reason is that we don’t know whether focus fusion and/or Polywell will work and we don’t know how small an example of either can be made.

Anyway, consider this. It’s 2018 or so, and DoD funding (because they wanted small, cheap, safe power sources for Navy vessels) has led to the development of a radiation-free (possible – proton/B11) fusion plant that will serve the needs of a large vehicle or medium-sized house – and do it in a turnkey unit that costs about $10,000 to build and fits into the space of a refrigerator.

Some visionary president over-rides the usual security obsession of the military, and orders that these units will be made available to anyone, anywhere, who wants one – and for cost price.

What happens? Russia’s stranglehold on the EU evaporates. The economies of all the oil nations collapse and stay collapsed. And that’s just for a start. It’s one conceivable way of cutting off the Dar-al-Islam and various energy dictatorships at the knees.

Of course, the oil industry wouldn’t like it. Neither would the coal and gas industries. F*** them.