It is doubtful that fusion will even be cheaper than old-crappy-PWR-fission. It is very very very doubtful it will beat wind/solar as they continue to drop in

It is doubtful that fusion will even be cheaper than old-crappy-PWR-fission. It is very very very doubtful it will beat wind/solar as they continue to drop in cost, at least not for probably... 40 years. We're looking at 10-20 years to a viable commercial design and construction. I place fusion like next-gen fission: worthy of continued investment in research and maybe some subsidized consumer plants (if/when fusion becomes viable). Even with viable fusion, there will likely be degradation/radioactivity of the power generation cores from fast neutrons and other problems.