I agree, there is lots of wishful thinking involved with Fusion and I was always a sceptic, but lately there were news about the Wendelstein 7-X https://news.y

I agree, there is lots of wishful thinking involved with Fusion and I was always a sceptic, but lately there were news about the Wendelstein 7-X https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37092212 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37092212 And someone linked a podcast of a interview with the director (in german, http://alternativlos.org/36 http://alternativlos.org/36). And after listening, I do became convinced that with the Stellerator design, a working Fusion plant is possible. Maybe still not in 20 years, because it is hellish complicated, but some day. (till then I would bet on harvesting more our existing very big fusionreactor called the sun) In either case, controlling fusion is awesome technology and research, with lots of potential applications and deserves further funding. But yeah, please more of civil projects like Wendelstein and less disguised weapon research.