Thorium based reactors are atleast 2 decades away. Not only because of the time to develop it but also time for it to reach the critical state. Which means even if we have the technology it will take a long time before it begins to generate power. Till then? sit in dark? In next 20 years our demand for energy would have quadraupled or more. Dont we want electricity to all our villages, higher standards of living every where? Where is the electricity going to come from? We need to get our hands on all possible sources of energy. Wind and solar can only supplement...max 10-15% of total needs, fuel cells, hydrogen based energy are not yet suitable for large scale energy generation...it will take years before you have something usable. Bulk of our energy will come from Coal, Oil/Gas, Nuclear and hydro..each of them contributing around 20-25% of our needs. The bottom line is nuclear power is essential and equally important is getting away from the blockage that our research centres face. Please get out this arm twist mind set. Our market is huge and attractive. If someone really does armtwist, we can twist their arms in other ways.
