Philo T. Farnsworth actually burned up all of his wealth in the 1960s in trying to build his fusor into a power generation device. It does trigger nuclear fusi

Philo T. Farnsworth actually burned up all of his wealth in the 1960s in trying to build his fusor into a power generation device. It does trigger nuclear fusion, but the design cannot break even. "No fusor has ever come close to break-even energy output and it appears it is unable to ever do so." https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fusor https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fusor