If you are (like me) an armchair follower of energy news like this, these guys give a good overview of the challenges of fusion research: https://news.ycombinat

If you are (like me) an armchair follower of energy news like this, these guys give a good overview of the challenges of fusion research: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8460493 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8460493 As much as I want any of these "experiments" to succeed- and don't want to denigrate the hard work of people focused on these projects- this is one of those areas you have to really read between the lines on. It turns out it's really hard to create a mini sun in such a way that you can reliably and cost-effectively generate electricity from it.