On top of everything you're saying, all the press about how close we are to achieving usable nuclear fusion is a huge distraction from the real problems we are

On top of everything you're saying, all the press about how close we are to achieving usable nuclear fusion is a huge distraction from the real problems we are facing. Energy production is but a tiny problem to solve to keep our planet habitable by humans. It's not even a big part of fixing climate change as even if we found the miracle technology today, it would take the best part of the current century to deploy it on an industrial scale, which would be too late. We need to fix what we _do_ with the energy, not just how we produce it. If we keep on building car parks and shopping malls and generally destroying what keeps us alive, even with clean energy, we are still doomed. Of course, research is essential and this is good research, but it's the press enthusiasm around experimental fusion reactors that I am criticizing here.