Completely agreed. I was surpised reading the article about how fusion (irrespective of being able to achieve it with positive energy output) was obviously a no

Completely agreed. I was surpised reading the article about how fusion (irrespective of being able to achieve it with positive energy output) was obviously a non-starter due to neutron embrittlement. I think there is a place for this kind of work, however simply looking backwards at technology and propagating it forward with no change isn't it. The author points out many problems that weren't evident to me prior to reading, but also doesn't comment on how any of them are being solved or have progressed in within the past few decades. For example modern reactors last 80 years not 60 [0] (and can be extended to over 100). [0] https://www.energy.gov/ne/articles/whats-lifespan-nuclear-reactor-much-longer-you-might-think https://www.energy.gov/ne/articles/whats-lifespan-nuclear-re...