> We've only invested $1Bn in fusion (according to this article) This is patently untrue. ITER, the source cited in that article [0], gives a cost so far of $1

> We've only invested $1Bn in fusion (according to this article) This is patently untrue. ITER, the source cited in that article [0], gives a cost so far of $15 billion and rising just for one facility. What the article actually says is that $1 billion has been invested by venture capital firms in fusion since 2002. Most of the investment, like in the Manhattan Project, comes instead from government sources. [0] http://www.iter.org/faq#Do_we_really_know_how_much_ITER_will_cost http://www.iter.org/faq#Do_we_really_know_how_much_ITER_will...