well, we have a serious energy addiction problem as large parts of the population got used to unsustainably high per-capital energy lifestyles (basically burnin

well, we have a serious energy addiction problem as large parts of the population got used to unsustainably high per-capital energy lifestyles (basically burning fossil fuel repositories like there is no tomorrow). so any paths to clean energy production are worth pursuing - provided they don't create an illusory sense of comfort and unsubstantiated hope that some fancy tech will solve everything. fundamentally though, one would think that trying to create artificially solar interior conditions on Earth while the planet is literarily drenched in sunlight is not the shortest path to energy salvation. Life has invented already several ways to harness that energy and we have invented a few more in the meantime. I think the odds are that we will have more (as in: sufficiently) efficient harnessing of solar energy long before we create locally little suns to play with.