Afaik helium 3 is not a very good fusion material . We got better stuff on earth . But in case of mercury it could be used as a fuel depot for very large and longterm dysonlike operations . <| sep |> The left has taken advantage of it for a few years now . Oh get the fuck out of here . So let me get this strait , you think republicans have just been spitting facts these past couple of election cycles ? Unless you just haven ' t been paying attention I don ' t see how you could . The birther movement against Obama , policies against homosexuals because they make you feel uncomfortable , climate change is just politicized science . Yeah we live in a post fact America but let ' s not pretend the republicans haven ' t been feeding this hate machine since Reagan , playing off of fears , stereotypes , and economic anxieties of their party to essentially make all of America one giant safe space for themselves .