Fusion Reactor that much closer?

[Dubh Aingeal]

"The Christian Science Monitor reports on new advances in nuclear fusion research. For years we've been waiting for the technical breakthroughs that would make cost-effective fusion energy a reality. Are we getting close, or are the problems insurmountable?"

Not that it would make it into usage any time in the near future... Too many oil cartels have govie control...

[Troy Spiral (13)]

Fusion is pretty interesting.

"more reliable than fission" is usually the mantra of pro-fusion articles. Although any tech is more a function of its efficency than its philosophy. Theorietically if they would have been working hard enough at it , Solar , Wind, Hydro, Hydrogen, hell even coal and natural gas would all be just as viable and sustainable as any other source given enough research (due to recycling and sythetic generation in the last two cases)

The problem , as its been reported seems to be lack of any real "single vision" and focus on any one sustainable source, and not enough interest from big money due to the fact that most of the tech is unlikely to pay off particularly soon.

Thats slowly been changing in recent years, thankfully.